Archive for: April 25, 2006

I’ve never been shy about telling ignorant people not to vote. Mostly because it is arguable that because ignorant people vote without first taking the time to figure out what or who they are voting for we get more …

Mr. Specter is pushing for a windfall profits tax on oil companies in an effort to curb rising gasoline prices. Of course, the first thing that came to mind upon reading this was WHAT A MORON, however, after a moment …

il·le·gal Function: adjective Etymology: Middle French or Medieval Latin; Middle French illegal, from Medieval Latin illegalis, from Latin in- + legalis legal : not according to or authorized by law : UNLAWFUL , ILLICIT

I was amused, as I’m sure are many others, to read about a group of education researchers involved in what is being called, “The Think Tank Review Project”. Driving my laughter was the discovery that the funding for this endeavor …

It’s one of the marvels of today’s political arena: a senator with obvious White House ambitions constantly changing positions on important issues while the “people’s watchdogs” — the news media — ignore the flip-flops and flim-flam.

Last week in my column “Race, Race, and more Race”, I elucidated on the (perhaps obvious) phenomenon of an inordinate percentage of our high-profile news stories inappropriately leaning toward the issue of race.