Burning the Candles at Both Ends
I didn’t track this scientifically but it seems that George Bush has taken far less vacation time in 2006 than in, say, 2001. I wonder …
Category: Reflections
This “Compliance” Stuff is Expensive
The 2006 ballot in Washington state will include Initiative 933. If it passes, the state government will be required to “consider and document” the adverse …
Middle-Class Shrinkage
A recent article by Nancy Cleeland in the Los Angeles Times (Aug. 23), lachrymosely headlined “Rich, Poor Live Poles Apart in L.A. as Middle Class …
Iraq and a Hard Place
President Bush warned in his American Legion speech of August 31 and on other occasions that withdrawing from Iraq now would hand victory to America’s …
Moving Day
There is growing talk now about whether or not Sen. Hillary Clinton will run for the presidency in 2008. I have one question about this. …
Don’t Buck the State
In a press conference held after the Sept. 8 capture of suspected cop-killer Ralph “Buck” Phillips, New York State Police Superintendent Wayne Bennett emphasized that …
Dropping Bombs
It won’t be long before Semtex is surgically implanted in Achmed’s body or the bad guys board planes with perfectly formed Semtex turds planted in …
When They Came for the Holocaust Deniers
David Irving is back in the news. Austria’s highest court has rejected the historian’s appeal and upheld his conviction for denial of the Holocaust. Amazing! …
This is CBS?
On Sept. 5, 2006, a milestone in history was reached: a TV network allowed a brave, trailblazing woman to present the evening news all by …
Diapers and Dynamite
I flew on a plane a couple of weeks after the ban on liquids went into effect. I have chronically dry hands, and when traveling …