The Urban Curmudgeon
growls from Manhattan
Was having coffee this weekend with an ultra-conservative friend. The discussion was, naturally, about the recent election and the Republican promise/threat to lower taxes and cut spending. I was naive enough to point out that as much as I hoped they were
I saw a documentary last weekend on TV in which Ben Stein tries fruitlessly to make a case for Intelligent Design. Intelligent Design for those of you who have been on another planet looking for the origin of life or a good
I had hoped that this would be over by now but it looks like it’s going to be with us for a while so I feel obligated to expand what I said the other day. Feisal Abdul Rauf has an absolute right
I just don’t get these intrusive bigots who have nothing to do but go around trying to keep people from getting married. Acquire a life! What difference does it make if the couple is of the same or different sexes? They love
Well, this was the week that Race re-entered the political arena with a vengeance. A degenerate right wing blogger edited a piece of film on a lady who worked for the Bureau of Agriculture, thereby distorting the entire meaning of what she
There was much ado last week about The Iroquois Nation’s Lacross team and their international troubles. It all smells of too many bureaucrats creating problems which, they were clueless about solving. Yes, it could all have been settled if the US would
This issue’s topic is going to be the war in Afghanistan but before I get into it, I’d like to touch briefly on a topic from a few issues back about getting what we vote for. Last Sunday, listening to Joe Barton,
I think that Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been nothing but good for NY but that doesn’t mean I’m in agreement with all his programs or the ways they are being carried out. I speak specifically tonight about his DOT Commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan’s