The Urban Curmudgeon
growls from Manhattan
The revolt in Egypt brings up, once again, the question faced over and over in America; do we demand that democracy exist all over the world, no matter the cost or content or do we support non-democratic governments who support our goals?
The Republicans started out the new session of congress by once again proving that they know a hell of a lot about winning elections but damned little about governing. The new session began with a reading of the Constitution. Was that to
The O’Reilly Fracture Obama made a mistake by going on Bill O’Reilly’s show. O’Reilly is a provocateur not a journalist. Not only is O’Reilly pitifully biased, he’s also a rude and disrespectful egomaniac. As such he ignores his job as an interviewer,
Social Security Isn’t the Answer Mitch McConnell, ® Kentucky was on the tube this weekend, once again plying the big lie. I really don’t see why almost every Republican congressman has to be the punch line of “How do you know when
We are now ten years into a war in Afghanistan that by any definition of victory is unwinnable. So what are we doing there and how do we get out? Bush, who started the war, was going to kill Osama bin Laden.
We are now ten years into a war in Afghanistan that by any definition of victory is unwinnable. So what are we doing there and how do we get out? Bush, who started the war, was going to kill Osama bin Laden.
People keep emailing me nostalgia, great charts where I can pick out music of the ‘50s, photos of the immigrant sections of NYC in the 1880s, lists of stuff that we don’t use anymore like glass milk bottles, steel roller skates and
The definition of insanity is continuing to repeat the same action and always expecting a different result. It may also be the definition of stupidity. Two columns in today’s NY Times, one by Ross Duthat and the other by Paul Krugman, although
That seems to be the question of the hour because whoever answers it correctly will come away with a November 2 victory. But is what America wants, really what America needs? There are as many answers to that as there are people
Holy War: Should Americans Fear Muslims? I have just watched Christiane Amanpour moderate a madhouse catfight on “HolyWar: Should Americans Fear Muslims.” It had a full compliment of nuts featuring; Franklyn Graham, Robert Spenser and Gary Bauer on the anti-Muslim team and