At least it wasn’t necessary this time to ask, “Where’s the outrage?” The staid, liberal Washington Post had the answer ready for us in an editorial this morning: “Scot-Free.”  

The Post called the release of the mass murderer of the Lockerbie bomb… Read full post »

 

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I’m sure we’ve all seen it several times by now: Hillary Clinton losing her cool on Monday when a Congolese student asked her about Bill Clinton’s view on a foreign policy issue.

YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU WHAT MY HUSBAND THINKS? MY HUSBAND IS NOT THE SECRETARY OF STATE. I… Read full post »

Here is a quick multiple-choice test that will assay your knowledge of the current recession.

Please choose only one:

A. The downside is over and the economy is getting better.

B. The economy is in the tank with no upturn in sight.

C. It will take a long, long time,… Read full post »

The following letter, written by an acquaintance, was in response to a column by Bob Herbert in which he referred to gun owners and "wackos" and "hate mongers." There's an old saying, aimed at letter-writers, "Never get in a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel." In this instance I… Read full post »

Montgomery County Maryland is one of the most affluent areas of the United States and its school system is correspondingly outstanding. So why would you go there if you wanted to find some of the most clueless and insensitive teachers and school administrators you’ve ever come across?

Answer: th
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Thinking of taking a couple weeks of vacation this summer? You may want to reconsider. An article in The Washington Times [May 18, 2009] suggests that the choice could be between taking a few days off or keeping your job. The reason, says reporter Andrea Billups, is the chance that when… Read full post »

The School Committee of Portland, Maine recently voted to make birth control pills available to middle school girls, some as young as 11-years-old. As you might expect, the reaction of many of the parents of these youngsters was somewhere between apoplexy and murderous intentions. First, let’s… Read full post »

"Nothing will be gained by spending our time and energy laying blame for the past." So said President Obama after releasing classified documents that President Bush used to support the use of torture during interrogations (read waterboarding) of al-Qaeda operatives and others.

The premise seems to be… Read full post »

 

 Lost your job? Your health care insurance? Your retirement funds? Your home values, or your home itself? Stop being a damned crybaby! Remember what former Texas senator Phil Gramm said recently: "We have sort of become a nation of whiners. You just hear this constant whining."

Gra… Read full post »

  

 Stand aside, U.S. Airways Capt. Chesley Sullenberger, America has a new hero. He is sea captain Richard Phillips, skipper of the hijacked cargo ship Maersk Alabama, who offered himself as a hostage to the marauding pirates as a good faith gesture to save the rest of his crew… Read full post »

 

 

There’s one more victim of the recession - although I doubt you will feel much sympathy. It’s the owners of a flotilla of abandoned boats who are giving them up because they can no longer afford them. The New York Times reports that the owners of these derelict vessel… Read full post »

  

Ask any prison guard how many inmates in his charge believe they should be behind bars, and the answer will be the same: "None." This is true no matter how heinous the crime - even if the accused admits he might be guilty to some degree.

Bernard Madoff, the investment… Read full post »

 

 

There are still a number of pundits who refuse to call the current economic crisis a depression. But many of them have agreed to at least label it a recession with a capital R. And all but a few of these savants admit things are getting worse, not better,… Read full post »

  

We are being told that the current recession is going to last at least another year. President Obama informs us it could be as long as two years, and that things won’t be the same in any event. It is very distressing to list all the things in our lives… Read full post »

  

Now and then newspapers and the broadcast media treat us to an occurrence so gross and so horrific it is difficult to put it out of our minds. The recent chimpanzee attack on 55-year-old Charla Nash in Connecticut is one such story.

Last week, Nash went to the home of… Read full post »

  

We've all seen it on TV: a news report about some prominent person who died. As the camera pans the funeral party, standing near the casket we spot a 30-something guy, probably a nephew or close friend of the family. He is wearing baggy pants that drag the ground, a… Read full post »