The National Debt
2013-02-11 – Yesterday I talked about a constitutional amendment that would slow down, but not eliminate Congress’ power to enact unbalanced budgets. The reason I don’t want to eliminate the […]
Tag Archives: Politics
Balanced Budget Amendment
2013-02-10 – George Will wrote this week advocating a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. I am not in principal opposed to a balanced budget amendment. In the long run, […]
Stockholm Syndrome for Dogs
2013-01-20 – The Stockholm syndrome is a psychological condition in which a person who is held as a captive develops positive feelings of affection for the captor. Folks my age […]
Sports And The Left
2013-01-07 – I hadn’t really thought about it, but liberals are anti-sports. Sure, they might sit in front of the tube on game day and try to impress you with […]
Financial Math
2013-01-04 – There was a time when Republicans were thought of as sober and frugal decision makers. I was never a Republican but, as a Democrat, I always thought it […]
Listening to Opponents
2012-12-31 – I’ve always liked reading the conservative columnists in the New York Times. Reading people on “my side” of the debate is sometime fun, but rarely enlightening. But […]
So Friggin’ Entitled
2012-12-30 – I just read an article about a woman who was called fat by a valet parker and made such a stink about it that the parking company gave […]
A Limerick
2012-12-23 – A limerick: In truth the world’s soiled and gritty. Our destiny’s sorrow and pity. The salve is habitual Abuse of ritual, And cure is referred to committee. * […]
First or Second
2012-12-17 – The massacre in the Sandy Hook elementary school has people clamoring for action. Ban guns! Change the way stories are covered! And there is merit in both. But […]
Mayan Cliff
2012-12-12 – Ten more shopping days until my favorite day of the year. No, it’s not Christmas. It’s the day after the winter solstice, the day that the days begins […]
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