Zombie Politics

In the last two weeks, the Republican leadership in Congress has decided to tackle three extraordinarily pivotal issues, the outcome of whic...

Last week US Armed Forces targeted and killed the self proclaimed leader of Al Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. My initial reaction was ...

A few weeks back, an ultra conservative friend of mine, whom we will call Chet, forwarded an email to me about a very special place. In Mari...

For as long as I live, I will never EVER forget that day. I couldn't sleep the night before and woke up with a headache. My daughter was...

I have always felt that the mark of good president would be a person who could easily admit his faults and learn from mistakes. On September...

This Friday, May 19th, the much anticipated film adaptation of the best selling novel, The Da Vinci Code , by Dan Brown opens in theaters ac...

I had drinks recently with a female friend of mine who is every active in the local political scene. We spoke of many things: the state of h...

Most of you who know me are aware of the fact that I think baseball is one of the most beautiful things to grace our world. I look forward t...

During the years 1954-1955, John F. Kennedy was on leave from his post as US Senator recovering from back surgery. From his bedside, he wrot...

The last couple of posts have been kinda depressing, especially the last one. I have really been wrapped around the axle about the nutters ...

Last week I wrote about The Alliance of Four (the military, Congress, corporations, and lobbyists) and their stranglehold on the American ec...

In last week's "Comments" section it was suggested to me that I write a column about how our personal liberties have strayed f...