By Wink
Do we still have troops in Iraq? We do?
Are you tired of reading about it? Imagine serving without air conditioning in 120 degree heat every day. I bet the soldiers get tired of it.
Just like they get tired of wondering if they will die in some random bombing.
Who knows the long-range prospects in [...]
By Wink
What do ruthless dictators and theocrats fear the most? Guns?
Nope. They fear an educated citizenry, and they fear the ballot box.
A few decades back Iran was overthrown by religious zealots, and they still run it today. They are not good at paperwork, or dealing with foreign dignitaries, so they installed a puppet ‘leader,’ [...]
By Wink
According to a recent USA Today/Gallup poll one-third of Republicans hold an unfavorable view of their own party. This is not a good sign. The party is already shrinking.
A third of Republicans in the poll (obviously a DIFFERENT third) said the GOP should not moderate its policies in its quest to regain power.
The mathematics [...]
I am going to Boston. I don’t really have a reason why, except that I have never been there before.
Boston has the Celtics, but there won’t be any basketball while I am there. They have the Red Sox. I guess I can try to catch one of those games…
What about history? I heard they [...]
By Wink
I can’t predict the future. Heck, sometimes I even have a hard time predicting the PAST.
I have no idea whether or not Sonia Sotomayor will be an especially effective Supreme Court Justice.
I know anybody can be a racist, but I really don’t get the feeling that Judge Sotomayor is.
While I have my doubts, Rush [...]
