Category: Reflections

The parade of televised U.S. presidential debates is ridiculously long, especially so early in the process – before even the first primaries. With so many …

One of the magic solu- tions for global warming pushed by those of greenish hue is wind power. The greenies tout wind power as a …

Norman Mailer is dead at 84. Demosthenes, when told of the death of Alexander the Great, said it could not be – for else the …

Another year has passed, and I have enlarged my carbon footprint by attending the 2007 edition of the Annual Conference of the Libertarian Alliance, in …

Can anyone explain the linger- ing campaign of former Sen. John Edwards? A less-apt candidate for the U.s. presidency would be hard to find. He’s …

The September issue of Scientific American reports that the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s”failed rebuilding after Katrina [has] set off a mental health crisis in the …

You have to give some grudging admiration to the teachers’ unions: in the cause of single-minded, unscrupulous protection of their turf, they will do whatever …

The AP release out of London, headlined on AOL News Oct. 29, says it all: “Schwarzenegger Calls Pot ‘Leaf,’ Not Drug.” The story did not …

Reports of Castro’s timely demise are only partially exag- gerated. The Miami rumor mill has been so flooded with reports of his death kept secret …

Westerners would prefer that Pakistan be democratic. But having watched TV and seen the rioting mobs on Pakistani streets, not to mention the faces of …