I picked the morning paper off the floorIt was full of other people’s little warsWouldn’t they like their peaceDon’t we get boredAnd we call for the three great stimulantsOf the exhausted onesArtifice, brutality and innocenceArtifice and innocence – Joni Mitchell from “Dog Eat Dog” It is wearisome to argue with conservatives these days about […]
My Congressman, Trent Franks (R-AZ), as founder and co-chair of the Missile Defense Caucus (MDC) wonders why the US government can allocate funds toward stimulating an economic recovery, while neglecting to protect our great country from specific missile threat from North Korea and Iran. (Huh?) When the Strategic Forces Subcommittee voted to curtail $1.2 billion […]
“Support the troops”, well duh, it should be a no-brainer. Then why would people affix a magnetic ribbon to their vehicle proclaiming the need — as if there is some question whether this is a good or a bad thing? What is the basis of these constant reminders or rather, what is the underlying message? […]
There’s something insidious about email from an anonymous source which cajoles a course of action, uninvited — that is bad enough, but when the pitch is passed innocuously by family or friend, the treachery carves even deeper. Specifically, over the Thanksgiving break the following message arrived from a friendly source: What a simple way to […]