The Urban Curmudgeon
growls from Manhattan
I watched incredulously yesterday as the President came on TV and announced to the world that the United States, acting unilaterally on information that only a three year old child would readily accept, was going to attack Syrian government forces
Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison rhis week for informing the American public that its government was committing crimes in its name. The most civilized comment I have run across about this heinous miscarriage of justice is from
So we are charging Edward Snowden with Espionage. How come we haven’t charged Dick Cheney with espionage? Cheney did more than Snowden to put American agents in danger and to help any foreign government when he instructed his aides Scooter
Got a note from a friend with whom I once shared a conservative philosophy that is not currently feasible. It included a column by George Will who I have long thought to be one of the most intelligent men in the
With Syria slowly evaporating into a smoldering ruin, Egypt exploding on the brink of full scale civil war, Israel ratcheting up its Palestinian problem, Iraq deteriorating into a religious civil war and Iran continuing it expand its nuclear capabilities we are forced
It finally looks like it’s all coming to a head. The Republicans have thrown caution to the winds and are frantically attempting to sabotage Obamacare, threatening to shut down the government if they don’t get their way. After 40
For just about four years now the forces of the right have been campaigning against the ACA, popularly known as Obamacare. Anyone who is aware of today’s headlines knows that they have now given up all pretense of doing
Watching what has gone on over the Edward Snowden affair, makes me realize the depressing state, to which, American journalism has sunk and the not unexpected lack of interest exhibited by the American public in that, which in actuality,
Everybody who is not in a coma, must be aware of the big noises being made about both the NSA‘s invasion of privacy and the nation’s need for air-tight security. The far left is screaming that we are turning the country
The immigration bill that passed the Senate doesn’t look like it’s going to have much of a chance in the House; this, after years of people on both sides of the aisle agreeing that we need a comprehensive immigration