by admin | Feb 16, 2011 | Politics
I had originally planned to write about how I hate parades and my odd attraction to moving today, but unfortunately, today’s headlines set me off. The high fiving white guys in the House have said they will shut down the U.S. government if they don’t get...
by admin | Feb 14, 2011 | Politics
I have discovered over the last year or so that I am a bane to the political system. The reason is simple. I’m not a “Johnny come lately” independent, I’ve been one all my life. I have voted in elections since 1976. The vote is split evenly...
by admin | Jan 28, 2011 | Politics
I must confess that I am still something of a newshound. I guess it’s because I grew up in the age of Watergate and wanted to be just like Woodward and Bernstein. So I majored in journalism. The only problem was that I found that there was no glamour to be found...
by admin | Jan 12, 2011 | Politics
At the end of my day yesterday, I turned on the old Boob Tube to relax. I happened upon one of my favorite movies — you know, the ones you’ve seen countless times but just love it anyway. I count among them Top Gun, Field of Dreams and Remember the Titans....
by admin | Feb 28, 2010 | Politics
I admit that I wrote this when I was in college. The year was 1979 and I was in my Art Buchwald stage. I still think it’s one of the funniest, and in the case of the opening, more ironic things I’ve written. Some things are just worth sharing again. The release of...