January 10, 2011
Russell Weston, Jared Lee Loughner and Political Civility
On July 24th, 1998, just as the House of Representatives concluded debate on contentious health care legislation, Russell Weston stepped into the Capitol building, fired a gun, killing Officer Jacob Chestnut. He then proceeded into the office of Majority Whip...
January 9, 2011
The Wasteland
We live in a violent country. It has always been thus. One of our greatest statesman (Alexander Hamilton) died in a duel with another one of greatest statesman (Aaron Burr). We were founded in bloody revolution, we were enlarged through...
January 7, 2011
Reality Crashing In
On my first day of my vacation, I lost my phone. I lost it somewhere on the plane as I was flying down to Atlanta. Still haven’t heard from Delta as to whether they found it. When you are on...
December 27, 2010
Mexico
The headlines coming from Mexico are almost all uniformly bad. Notre Dame and Miami, two college football programs who are competing against one another in the Sun Bowl in San Antonio during the New Year’s weekend, have banned their students...
December 24, 2010
Christmas Traditions
My fondest (and probably first) memory of Christmas morning is when I was about 5 years old. I snuck down early (which of course, was a big no-no), and found under the tree a really cool Fort Apache set, complete...
December 23, 2010
Obama Wins, Middle Class Loses
The President spiked the ball in the White House end zone yesterday, before jetting off to Hawaii for his family vacation. The media has been abuzz with his late-in-the-game touchdowns. The Congress finally passed his key items, including the Start...