Friday, November 7th, 2014
Most people consider ‘government’ to be an institution of social service. That’s why people elected to government are called civil ‘servants.’ Others regard it as an organization for achieving the highest goals of mankind, a system to oppose the ‘ravages’ of the private sector. In democracies, it is not uncommon to hear the phrase, “We
Friday, November 7th, 2014
Well, well, it looks like the tin foil hats were on to something after all. If you thought people who talked about the government recording phone calls and reading emails were just being paranoid, the recent revelations...
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
Forget about the Conservative, Liberal pigeonhole stereotypes. Opinions vary across issues, there are Liberals who are against abortion and there are Conservatives who are against war. The idea that there are two monolithic “sides” to choose from...
Thursday, November 6th, 2014
Some are despondent, while others are ecstatic over the results of Tuesday’s mid-term election. Neither emotion is likely to be warranted. In all practicality, the difference between the parties is very small. Democrats who fear that Republicans...
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
Saira Blair, an 18-year-old freshman at West Virginia University, became America’s youngest ever State lawmaker in Tuesday’s election. Although her campaign was run from her dorm room, that didn’t stop her from beating out her opponent, 44-year-old...
Wednesday, November 5th, 2014
Republicans won large majorities in both the House and Senate in yesterday’s election. Six years of ‘Hope and Change’ has exhausted most people’s patience. Surveys show that the majority believes the country is headed in the wrong...
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
While walking down the street one day a corrupt Senator was tragically hit by a car and died. His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance. “Welcome to heaven,” says St....
Tuesday, November 4th, 2014
One of my earliest childhood memories was going with my dad to the polling booth in 1956. He whispered to me that he was going to break a family tradition of voting Democrat and vote for General...
Monday, November 3rd, 2014
Nothing burns my butt like phony neutrality. You know the people I’m talking about. The ones who say things like, “I just want to do what’s best.” Really? Best for who? In politics, this “best for who”...
Friday, October 31st, 2014
At the start of the First World War, the big idea guys said that regular people would not march off to fight and kill their neighbors. Instead, they would rise up to overthrow their rulers, and then...
Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
Here’s how my Aug. 11, 2003, column began: “Anyone who believes President Bush’s Africa initiative, including sending U.S. troops to Liberia, will amount to more than a hill of beans is whistling Dixie. Maybe it’s overly pessimistic,...
Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
Enough is enough. At Salon.com I encounter an article lengthily titled, America’s virulent racists: The sick ideas and perverted “science” of the American Renaissance. The burden of the piece is that American Renaissance and its honcho, Jared...
Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all? In an exercise to polish their own halos, this dictionary definition of “Liberal” is making the rounds on social media. But how closely does the reflection...
Tuesday, October 28th, 2014
I like countries. Not because I like imaginary lines drawn around piles of dirt, but rather because I like diverse cultures. When I go to Japan, I want to see Japanese people doing Japanese things. When I...
Thursday, October 30th, 2014
United Breaks Guitars
A musician named Dave Carroll recently had difficulty with United Airlines. Dave spent over 9 months trying to get United to pay for damages caused by baggage handlers to his custom Taylor guitar. During his final exchange...