Terror Beneficiaries
2013-04-17 – The hours of uncertainty after an event like the Boston Marathon bombing bring up an interesting question—that is: what is terrorism? Here we had an event that created […]
Tag Archives: Politics
Death of a Child
2013-04-07 – To most people, especially parents, the death of a child is a secret, but ever-present dread. So when I saw the headline that Rick Warren’s 27-year old son […]
Diogenes Day
2013-04-01 – Considering what we see in the media every day, April Fools’ Day has lost its kick. The fools have 365 days, not just one. It’s time to reclaim […]
The Mouse That Roared
2013-03-31 – Does anyone know why North Korea wants to go to war against us? When I was in high school in the mid-60s, I asked a similar question […]
Equality in the Pursuit of Happiness
2013-03-27 – With the Supreme Court arguments about gay marriage come and gone, I thought I would give you my take on the subject. It comes down to this: I […]
What Is Morality?
2013-03-17 – The right wing has realized a weakness in its pro-corporate politics: the old argument that free markets will make you more prosperous doesn’t work with the middle class […]
Out of Spite
2013-03-15 – Every few weeks I see someone post a kinda new-agey advice on Facebook that goes something like this: “If it doesn’t nourish your soul, get rid of it.” […]
In Like a Lion
2013-03-01 – Did you notice that the US budget sequester began the day after the Pope retired? In Rome, all the Catholic cardinals are gathering to be sequestered in […]
Extreme Negotiations
2013-02-22 – Oscar Pistorius says that he fired his gun through a closed door, “accidentally” killing his girlfriend, because he feared an intruder on the other side. I’m a little […]
Asteroid Fall
2013-02-17 – The rock that fell in Russia the other day—I’m glad it didn’t fall on my head. But folks are talking about asteroids as the greatest ignored threat that […]
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