Wither the Middle East?
I’ve tried to stay away from this because to cover it in anything smaller than a book seems to give most of it short shrift but then I got to feeling that I’ve avoided it too long so here’s the Curmudgeon’s take
Bits & Pieces #13
Take way the Republican’s desire to live in 1776 and there are a number of things that can be done by them, with the cooperation of the Democrats to put this country back on its feet and make this country the world
The Government is Sick
The question was; “Are you better off now than when Obama took office?” 44% said no while 34% said yes. This seems like a reasonable total considering the current situation but it’s the wrong question or at least it’s only the question
Posturing For Position
You’re probably sick of hearing about this. So am I but it’s really very important so I am writing about it once again. It seems the President is in a steel cage match with various grunts from the Republican party, all of
Why are we Still on Our Feet?
With the killing of Osama Bin Laden we have to take a long look at what the real situation in the Middle East has become and what we should be doing about it. Putting aside all the hysteria, all the finger pointing
The Right Guy For The Job
So we’re almost three years into the Obama Presidency and the question must be asked. Is he the right guy for the job; maybe, maybe not. In order to answer that question intelligently we have to go back to 2007 and the
Bits & Pieces $12
For comedians across the country, Sara Palin is the gift that just keeps giving. Her recent tour of places where other candidates were announcing their candidacy led her to New Hampshire where she was kind enough to tell the world that Paul
Sadik-Khan Just Can’t Get it Right
Michael Grynbaum, in a recent article on Traffic Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, completely missed the point. The people of the city don’t care if Sadik-Khan is nasty, abrasive or hard to work with. Most of them don’t ever, thank God, have to see
The Deficit Ain’t the Problem
Everybody talks about solving the deficit as if that’s the most important problem on the horizon. I guess it is if you have a job but there are plenty of people in this country who don’t have jobs and their lack of
The Dichotomy of Destruction
Why is it that the Right Wing can’t seem to decide whether they want to keep the country safe from totalitarian government or whether they want totalitarian government to be the law of the land? Let’s start with the gun nuts. As