Yesterday my husband and I attended a spring training game - the Oakland A's vs the Chicago Cubs - down in Phoenix near the zoo.
It is a tradition for us to attend a spring training game on St. Patrick's...
At the recommendation of a fellow Southerner, I'm currently reading a book I should have read long ago - Tony Horwitz's Confederates in the Attic.
It's one of the most honest representations of the Southern psyche I've yet to read, without...
Should Dzhokhar Tsarnaev be put to death for his monstrous crimes or spend the rest of his miserable days confined in a small cell?
California is in the early stages of legalizing marijuana use. New Jersey is probably going to legalize medical marijuana. Thirteen states will then have decriminalized marijuana use in some way. It is time to seriously consider legalizing at least...
Let us take it for given that the second amendment guarantees all Americans the right to bear arms...
Question: how many armless bears can the National Forest Service support, and can someone pass the BBQ sauce?
If political parties are to...
Let's say that a large number of people are completely dissatisfied with our government. In the 21st century, what is the best way to change a government that the people feel is tyrannical? The vote, of course. I think the first step is to define tyranny.
So let's assume we have done so, now what?
"IF YOU CAN KEEP IT” is the equivalent of the robot in Lost In Space saying "Danger Will Robinson!", and we need to pay attention to the warning about the ongoing campaign to erase civil rights.
Preface
I recently wrote an article about the upcoming trial of Scott Roeder. There have been numerous responses to the article, and many have been both thoughtful and passionate. I began to write this as a responses to some of...
A federal judge today blocked many of the key provisions of the Arizona Immigration law. Score one for the Constitution and rationality.
Aside from the aspects of this law that institutionalized racism (giving BS lip service to, "We won't racially...
The Dickensian disdain for the poor resonates with some people today.
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“The perverted ambition of another class of men, who will either hope to aggrandize themselves by the confusions of their country, or will flatter themselves with fairer prospects of elevation from the subdivision of the empire into several partial confederacies than from its union under one government.”—Federalist 1.