Letter to a Grieving Mother

I learned, after the fact, the a childhood friend of mine died recently. Although I had not seen him for decades, my memories of our friendship are still vivid and I feel a (strange?) connection to him. I wrote this letter to his mother, a widow. Monday, March 19, 2007 [...]

One Third in DC Illiterate.

From the AP wire: WASHINGTON (AP) – About one-third of the people living in the national’s capital are functionally illiterate, compared with about one-fifth nationally, according to a report on the District of Columbia. Adults are considered functionally illiterate if they have trouble doing such things as comprehending bus schedules, reading maps and filling out [...]

Obama the “Magic Negro?”

How can it be that the LA Times could publish such rubbish? As if the label is not offensive enough, David Ehrenstein has published an opinion piece about Sen. Barack Obama which goes on to offend other famous “negros” including Sidney Poitier, Morgan Freeman, Scatman Crothers, Michael Clarke Duncan, Will Smith and Don Cheadle. [...]

Pete Stark an Atheist

Here’s an interesting bit from the LA Times online edition. Seems that Democrat Pete Stark has revealed that he is an atheist. But in the usual liberal double-speak, such individuals may prefer to be called “nontheists.” THERE ARE A gazillion ways to get into trouble in Washington, but Rep. Pete Stark (D-Fremont) [...]

Subpoenas For Rove And Miers?

Well can you imagine? Democrats are upset about the firing of US Attorneys on Bush’s watch. This is precious: The Senate Judiciary Committee is set to vote Thursday on whether to issue subpoenas to 14 current and former administration officials, including White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and former White House [...]

Strickland To Dismantle Education Options For The Poor

Putting politics and teachers unions ahead of poor and disadvantaged students, Ted (“Walking Humbly With God”) Strickland gave the first indications of how far to the left he will try to lead the State of Ohio. We’ve now seen early payback to teachers’ unions which control education in Ohio and we have seen how [...]

MIT Courses Now Online

I found mention at a web site (sorry forgot the exact attribution) noting that many of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) courses are online for your (re)viewing. Many areas are available, both in the hard and “soft” sciences. Here’s the link and a listing of departments available. Aeronautics and Astronautics Anthropology Architecture [...]

Sean Hannity vs. Catholic Priest

Here’s the YouTube video of a recent encounter that Sean Hannity had with a Catholic priest, a Father Euteneuer, regarding some statements that Hannity had made recently. As you may know, Hannity is a Catholic, but on this occasion, my view is that he is mistaken. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usTWwSbpWRc[/youtube] Here’s an email that I fired off [...]

Global Warmer Deniers Series

The National Post (Canadian) has a series on global warming deniers. The latest defector from the “the science is settled” ghetto is Claude Allegre, a leading French scientist. Here’s a bit from the article: Claude Allegre, one of France’s leading socialists and among her most celebrated scientists, was among the first to sound [...]

CO2 is Good For You!

Another bunch of right-wing nut case scientists have been uncovered and will be exposed here. Seems that after the time of the Kyoto talks, a petition was created to encourage President Bush NOT to sign the Kyoto Protocols which call for a decrease of atmospheric CO2 levels. Here is a summary of the [...]

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