Privacy is a much-touted concept, an intangible property we all feel we have a right to own. But is it really that important? How much privacy can we really expect, in a world where more and more of our lives take place online? How much do we really care? Right now, I know that an [...]
I have been proud to host many civil discussions on my column. We have talked about abortion, pornography, and various Bush controversies without ripping each other’s eyes out. It has been lovely. But this is not going to be one of those articles. Yesterday, the breaking news was that an American had actually been held [...]
Over the past six years, there has been a gathering swell of complaint from conservative America. Every wrong-headed notion held by the liberals stems from one source, it would seem: the liberal media. The War in Iraq was going just fine until the media convinced people not to support it. The dissolution of traditional values [...]
This week’s news headlines run something like this: Russia, U.S. Disagree on Iran Sanctions Israel Vows to Respond to Rocket Attack China Declines APEC Meeting With Canada Bush Warns N. Korea on Nuclear Transfers …and so on. Notice anything missing? Diplomacy is an artform that has never been well understood by most, and in recent [...]
Over lunch, you told me that you were not planning to vote next Tuesday. The slight smile on your face told me that you knew what our reaction to this would be, that you knew there would be a stunned silence followed by a barrage of expostulation and argument. You knew, and you were prepared [...]
Just two weeks to go until the mid-term elections, and the political climate is (as we Americans have come to expect) rapidly degenerating into a quagmire of finger pointing and name calling, as each “side” tries to blame the other for all the turmoil the average citizen hears in the evening news. Recently, the conservative [...]
A head’s up for all you folks who have been looking for something to celebrate. Something that will bring us all together, and give us a warm tickly feeling in our hearts that can only be associated with…irony. The President of the United States of America has proclaimed the week of October 21-27 to be [...]
Recently, a study published by Johns Hopkins University estimated the Iraqi civilian deaths at 655,000. This was a careful, scientific study, peer-reviewed and meticulously backed-up by other sources. The statistic is horrendous, the implications ominous. You would think that someone other than the families of those killed would care. Oddly, however, it seems that in [...]
