The Curse of Yellow Journalism
There are times when you just can’t get it right, when you just can’t please anyone, let alone everyone. Arthur L.Caplan’s column in the 8/6/14 Washington Post is a perfect example of that. The piece us titled, Why do
The Problem is Arab Not Muslim
The mess in the Middle East isn’t getting any better; this despite an awful lot of attention by the White House, the so called loyal opposition and media all over the world. The basic problem is that no one
What’s Wrong With the Middle East: Everything
The president was on the tube Wednesday night telling the American people about his plans for the Middle East, explaining how we were going to attack ISIS in Iraq, Syria and wherever else they showed their heads, but also stating firmly
Immigration: It Never Ends
The Republicans, led by Botched up Boehner, have decided that there isn’t enough traction in the immigration question to get them through the 2014 election. This is mainly because they realize that their position won’t get them any new votes, especially from
Bits & Pieces #47
Watched a commercial for Koch Industries the other day on which they bragged about being all over the nation (like a huge octopus), and how they have created over 60,000 jobs for Americans. This is the biggest privately owned company in
The Gaza Gavotte
Though the headlines, as they always do, are following the mess in Ferguson, there is still a hell of a horror going on in Israel. I know anyone attempting to look logically at this disaster will probably regard it as an
The Reality of Union Opposition
There’s a lot o noise being made this week about Democratic advisors and appointees, leaving the administration and hooking up with anti union organizations. One is David Plouffe, Obama’s campaign manager, who is joining Uber, a limo service that
Smoke and Mirrors
America desperately needs heroes. It always has and it seems that it always will and when those heroes don’t present themselves through good deed or spectacular performance we tend to create them. Such is the case in our current racial
Murder By Cop
The nation is aflame over the killings of two black men by police. This is as it should be but if you are reading this you will have to realize that I am guilty of exactly what I am
Kill Coal Before Coal Kills Us
Elizabeth Warren in heading to West Virginia to campaign for Natalie Tennant is getting flack from both Tennant’s GOP opponent Shelly Capito and Tennant herself. The big noise is, of course, about coal. Warren is a deadly enemy of that