Republicans have been almost unanimous in quoting that a Divine inspiration has descended upon them. Apparently this heavenly apparition was bestowed upon their golden leader, John Boehner. Mr. Boehner, his eyes glowing with enlightened envisionment, has come forth upon his Republican brethren much like Moses [more...]
Holey moley catfish. Well, thank god that’s finally over. Further thanks that the climax was quick and clean. Almost surgical. Not as long a night as many first thought it might be. Except for Karl Rove, that is, who for all we know is still [more...]
Journal entry: July 3, 1986 (age 17) – Youth Leadership Conference I’ve spent the past five days on the SUNY Oneonta campus, attending the Rotary Youth Leadership Conference. The hundred or so attendees are high school juniors from New York’s Southern Tier. The Binghamton Rotary Club [more...]
French president advocates for abolition of homework Most American schoolchildren are not particularly wrapped up in France’s current events, but that may be changing. According to “The National Review,” French President Francois Hollande has boldly announced a wish list of education reforms, including the complete [more...]
Acting as if their vote mattered: Determined citizens Two heroes emerged at the polls this year, and neither was named Barack or Mitt. Their names are Galicia and Ken — ordinary Americans with extraordinary depths of civic spirit. While nearly 40 percent of eligible voters [more...]
Everyone likes to have an empty seat next to them: Some go to great lengths to make certain of it A single woman should regard every train ride as an opportunity, I once read in one of those “How to Find A Boyfriend” books. “When [more...]
Journal entry: July 31, 2007 (age 38) - Marriage Contract Marriage is, among many other things, a division of labor within a household. Over the years, each mundane task of home life becomes the exclusive domain of one partner or the other. This divvying up of [more...]
Looking for the dead-solid skinny on the upcoming presidential election? You’ve come to the right place. As a public service, we’re going to tell you right here and now who wins this thing, and why. Mitt Romney will win the election because of Hurricane Sandy. Barack [more...]
As feared, our people’s democratic authority has been dogged nearly to death by the hounds of money in this election go ’round, thanks to the Supreme Court’s reckless decree in the now-infamous Citizens United case. That rank political power play by five black-robed judicial partisans [more...]
TV is about to begin an annual event of honoring our nation’s veterans and — with approximately 900 World War II veterans dying each day — it can’t come a moment too soon. On Sunday November 11 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time, PBS and Capital [more...]