Archives for January 2007
When will so many Americans finally educate themselves? This is not an unreasonable question. American society now has a large segment of the population (though nowhere near a majority) that openly agrees with George W. Bush’s assertion that he will do whatever is necessary to “win in Iraq,” regardless “what Congress has decided.” Such language […]
Hillary Clinton has finally spoken. “I’m in. I’m in to win.”
This is the Republican strategists’ dream come true. They will try as hard as they can to “soften” Hillary so that she can get the Democratic presidential nomination. And then they will pounce: on her past, her politics, her connection to her husband, her failed […]
Are on-line book reviews the worst sort of book report, emblematic of the neo-Western education system combined with the Internet’s come one/come all open forum? Or is it a mixed bag of well-meaning, passionate readers versus the cranks who have an agenda? For controversial books, a site visitor to Barnes & Noble or Amazon can […]
In a thinking environment, Pat Robertson is an easy target. The host of The 700 Club, twice US presidential-primary candidate (1988 & 1992), and friend to one too many American presidents has again entered the news cycle. Robertson’s yearly prognostications list “mass killing” in America from a terrorist attack, and that America is feigning friendship […]
In Danville, Pennsylvania, police just today are reported to have dropped disorderly conduct charges against a 12-year-old special education student for wetting her pants “on purpose” — as the charges stated. Whatever else can possibly happen in a school situation, does one not consider that when police are called they represent a semblance, just a […]
