Wednesday, October 16th, 2013
Auburn Alabama prides itself on friendship and civility. So it was a bit of a shock when that Southern charm was smashed over a few weeks, in which friend turned against friend, becoming antagonists and enemies. Politics. A proposal to raise property taxes was put to a vote. It was supposedly to raise more money
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
The curious affair of Fred Mudgeon began in 2015 when he, age 67 and largely blind, walked onto the field of the Washington Miquetoasts, the capital’s football team, and announced that he wanted to try out for...
Monday, October 14th, 2013
It was two weeks ago today that Obamacare was rolled out to the public. Perhaps this would be a good time to check in and see how it is going. From the few reports surfacing, the answer...
Friday, October 11th, 2013
When someone says, “that’s cool,” it is a signal that all thinking has ceased. Therefore ‘cool’ has become a national addiction, for getting things done, that really don’t need doing. Take NASA for instance. It wasn’t so...
Wednesday, October 9th, 2013
In all the finger-pointing over the so-called government shutdown, whoever ‘points loudest,’ wins. What do they win? The minds of the public, in deciding who to blame. President Obama’s strategy seems to be to maximize people’s pain—and...
Wednesday, October 2nd, 2013
Imagine that you could pay for anything with an IOU that you scribble on a piece of paper. Wouldn’t that be great? New car? IOU. New house? IOU. All the tea in China? IOU. All the oil...
Tuesday, October 1st, 2013
It’s a shame that smacking people upside the head is socially unacceptable, since suitable occasions so often present themselves. Yesterday was one such occasion, when I overheard a conversation that went like this: “Did you hear that...
Thursday, September 26th, 2013
Dr. Doug Nunamaker, a family doctor based in Wichita, Kansas had had just about enough. After five years of dealing with hassles from health insurance companies, and having to hire people just to deal with the paperwork,...
Wednesday, September 25th, 2013
Long before the word was invented, the world has been “multicultural.” And what’s more, it’s been multicultural in a real and meaningful way. Different peoples going about their lives in different ways. Each culture emphasizing a unique...
Thursday, September 19th, 2013
In my work, I sometimes rub elbows with the rich and powerful. Not long ago, I was doing some work for a multinational corporation based in Mexico and discovered something that perplexed me. The founder of this...
Monday, September 16th, 2013
A petition on the White House “We the People” website is urging U.S. President Obama to hand over his Nobel Peace Prize to Russian Premier Vladimir Putin. It reads: “Whereas Mr. Obama made a sincere commitment to...
Sunday, September 15th, 2013
Arctic Sea Ice levels were at record lows last summer. Global Warming alarmists and the mainstream media were quick to publicize the decrease. Numerous people spread the story on Facebook to declare their concern. “Scary,” they wrote....
Thursday, September 12th, 2013
12 years ago yesterday, the so called “War on Terror” began. But what it is called, and what it “is” are not the same thing. Terrorism is of course despicable. But I have a hard time seeing...
Monday, September 9th, 2013
Did you ever stop to wonder why is there a “Middle East” in the first place? Just about as long as any of us can remember there have been problems there. But why are the lines drawn...
Sunday, September 29th, 2013
The Diner from Hell
Majority rule isn’t all its cracked up to be. And why should the will of the many impact the will of the few, if the few cause no harm to the many? Is it freedom of choice...