Hollow Protestations
A recent letter from billionaire Leon Cooperman chastising the President for engaging in “class warfare” is written in a perspective that only some one-percenters can see things from. […]
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Christianity vs. Bill Maher
Bill Maher’s recent tweet denigrating Bronco’s quarterback Tim Tebow raised a stink with many Tebow fans and Christians in general. As the Broncos were getting battered by the Buffalo […]
Gingrich and the Amerika of the Future?
Though it seems more as just another gaffe for Newt Gingrich, his comments about sending Capitol Police or U.S. Marshals to arrest judges and force them to testify before Congress […]
Saturday Humor
Tebowing: A New grassroots Movement? There’s a grass roots movement afoot by young people that seems to flaunt authority. They don’t seem to have any specific agenda but they […]
Gimme That Ole Time Christmas Music
In the spirit of the holiday I thought I would keep things light. Yesterday’s editorial in my local newspaper offers up the perfect commentary for this purpose. It’s both humorous […]
The Real Costs Incurred by the American Public From Coal-Fired Power Plant Pollution.
The Obama Administration has finally gotten tough on polluting energy sources that emit mercury, arsenic and other toxins into the air, causing11,000 deaths a year by some estimates. WASHINGTON — The […]
Touched by Christmas
About two weeks ago I wrote a piece on Frank Capra’s inspiring 1946 film “It’s A Wonderful LIfe”. Of the two things that I mentioned that have endured in my […]
Not “Bah, Humbug”, Just a Harmless “Bah”
Raised in the Catholic Church and a one-time professed “born again” Christian, I have since discovered through careful historical readings that the fundamentalist views of some Christians today do not […]
Saturday Humor
Terms of Endearment? There’s a woman I’m familiar with that likes to refer to her husband as the “sarge”. Sgt. G— she refers to him as. I don’t […]
The Hazards of Ideology When Critical Thinking is Removed: Part II
HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT In Part I I talked about those elements in free market thinking that puts job creation above other human needs and that those who […]
