I hate being lied to and I especially hate it when the government does the lying. Let me be clear. I did not say I am surprised and I certainly am not shocked. I mean, just look in any dictionary…
Category: Family
What Was It Like Growing Up Without a Father?
Someone on Quoro.com (an excellent site for great posts) asked that question. Here’s the response I posted. When I was 8 years old, I woke up one day to discover my father was not home. I learned only that he…
I was drafted 60 years ago today
My first day in the US Army began April 06, 1953, when I showed up at the induction center in Newark, NJ. I was drafted. I’d already been poked, prodded, examined and weighed a few weeks before during a physical…
Five Days Without Television
I recently read an online complaint by a parent waiting for the cable guy to show up and fix a broken connection. “I scheduled the day off of work as I have three kids and 5 days without TV makes for…
Taking Government out of Christmas
A recent article in a small town newspaper began: For years, atheists have tried to take Jesus Christ out of Christmas. That first sentence is another one of those inflammatory phrases that is careful worded to distort the truth. Speaking…
Yes, Virginia. There is a Santa Claus (bah humbug)
author’s note: This piece was originally published few days before Christmas of 1993 on the Editorial Page of the Wall Street Journal as an Editorial (NOT as a Letter to the Editor). For the Ebenezer Scrouges out there, the incidents…
Subversive, Disloyal Americans Oppose US Military Budget
It is being suggested (I won’t even bother to say exactly where, so as to dignify them) that those who are calling for reduction in this country’s military budget are disloyal and maybe even anti-American. Maybe it is time to hear from…
Immigration Reform needs more than new policies.
A recent PBS interview with Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano discussed immigration policy reform and enforcement. What follows below is the text of a response to her, posted on the PBS web site, just below the interview. I hope Ms. Napolitano reads this posting…
“Dr.” Terry Jones is an Asshole
If you find his name familiar but can’t quite recall why . . . he’s the Florida-based, right wing, crazy, fundamentalist Christian of the snake-handling variety who threatened to burn a Koran in protest of the plans for a Mosque…
Pointy Headed Ivory Tower Professors Do Exist, e.g. . . .
If you doubt that pointy-headed college professors do exist, shielded by ivy covered tenure and coddled in academic robes of illusion, stop and consider the natterings of one Richard E. Thaler whom the New York Times says is, “. .…