May 6, 2011
The Libertarians Are Coming
Ron Paul got some help last night from Gary Johnson in the first Republican Presidential primary debate in South Carolina, and the result was a completely different-looking GOP. Paul and Johnson may not be serious contenders for the White House,...
May 5, 2011
Conspiracy Theory
America loves conspiracy theories. Franklin Roosevelt knew about Pearl Harbor before it happened. The CIA killed Jack Kennedy. George Bush blew up the Twin Towers. The Trilateral Commission runs the world. Elvis has not left the building. Jim Morrison is...
May 4, 2011
Osama Unarmed?
Kill the unarmed; Die unarmed. Seems to me to that what is fair is fair. Osama Bin Laden specialized in killing innocent civilians. He targeted Americans in our embassies and in the Twin Towers because he wanted to make a...
May 3, 2011
Down Goes Osama
I know exactly how Osama Bin Laden was killed by the Navy Seal team. I used to watch the CBS Series “The Unit”, and they used to knock off terrorists in strange locales fairly regularly. “The Unit” starred Dennis Haysbert,...
May 2, 2011
A Deserving Saint
The highlight of my career as a Congressional staffer was when I accompanied Speaker Hastert to the Vatican as he awarded Pope John Paul II the Congressional Gold Medal. The Holy Father wasn’t physically strong at that time. He shook...
April 29, 2011
Fantasy and Reality
When you come back from vacation, reality crashes into fantasy roughly. Watching the first kiss between Will and Kate (which I couldn’t escape even though I tried), I saw the fantasy world of the British Monarchy play out before my...