The Tea Party, the Constitution and the Founding Fathers: An Argument Without End
To listen to many within the movement that has become the Tea Party in this country you would think that they have an inside track into the thinking of all […]
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Getting Married in Vegas – Again?
My friend Donna Cavanagh is thinking about renewing her marriage vows – in Las Vegas – again. What did she learn from an earlier experience that can make the trip […]
GOP and JOBS – Stiff Arming the American Worker
Last month I wrote on what the GOP promised Americans on job creation if they won back the House and Senate. They did win the House but failed to gain enough […]
Yes, Nuclear Reactors Can Be a Part of Our Future Energy Supply
In light of the tragic effects of the Japanese tsunami earlier this year that, among other devastating consequences, damaged the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant that caused a melt down and […]
Corporate Targeting of Children
It appears marketing specialist within some corporate domains like coal and natural gas have finally figured a strategy to offset negative public images of their products – change the public’s […]
What We Don’t Know Will Hurt Us
I came upon a very informative article that cited many details about how shallow political knowledge evolves for most American voters and how its used when they go to the […]
Perry’s Odd Reasoning for Vetoing a Text Banning Bill
Texas Governor Rick Perry vetoed 23 bills last week and according to an article by Mike Ward on the Austin Statesman website “a statewide ban on texting while driving was […]
Why Compromise is Necessary in Political Life
Lincoln’s great insight that “united we stand, divided we fall” is once again at odds with many of those we elect to govern us. Standing for something doesn’t mean we […]
Unplugged: Back to the Past – Partially
Some of you might have noticed I haven’t published anything in about a week. There’s a reason for that. I’ve just recently experienced a time from my youth when there […]
The Big Lie the TEA Party Was Founded On
Taxes are lower than they have been for decades. So why do those on the right claim they have been “Taxed Enough Already?” Remember back in 2009 when the […]
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