January 6, 2014
A Middle Course on Drugs
I guess if I had taken up pot smoking when I was in high school, I would have ended up as a New York Times columnist. If I did cocaine, I could have been President. Instead, I am doing whatever...
January 3, 2014
Startling Wisdom from 16-Year-Old Artist/Song Writer
Song of the Year The song of the year came from a sixteen year-old Kiwi who calls herself Lorde....
December 23, 2013
Debt Limit Deal
Paul Ryan said that the GOP is going to have to get something for extending the debt limit. They aren’t going to get anything unless the White House agrees to it....
December 19, 2013
Christmas Contretemps
At my son’s school’s Christmas concert, they not only had all kinds of lyrics with religious overtones, they also acted out the whole baby Jesus thing during the concert. Not only that, but the whole concert was held in Church....
December 18, 2013
Your Must Read Guide to the GOP Civil War
Despite being more philosophically in tune than ever before in its history, the Republican Party is theoretically in a civil war. The GOP used to have a prominent pro-choice wing, a prominent environmentalist wing, a prominent civil rights wing, a...