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
Dumbing Down the Debt Limit
Seems like everybody with a mouth is having something to say about raising the limit on the debt. Most of it is amazingly uninformed but that in itself is not unusual. Watched Mitch McConnell do a number on how he will demand
What Kind of Country- Pt 3
Okay, we’ve spoken about what kind of country we have and what kind of country some people want. The reality is recognizing what we have and trying to make what we have the best there is. The United States of America will
What Kind of Country? Pt-2
In the first part of this three part blog I asked a question: What kind of country do you want to live in, big government or small government? The answer, of course, is that it’s not a matter of choice, but really
What Kind of Country Do We Want to Live in? pt 1
In the last year or so I have spent a lot of time writing about what is going on in this country; who’s doing what to whom and why. It occurs to me that the answers to all questions about the direction
TReligion Can Be Dangerous to Your Health
I knew this was going to happen as soon as I broke down and wrote something about religion last week and it did. I’m looking through the paper this morning and what are the headlines? Coptic Christians and Muslims clash in Egypt.