Archive for November, 2006
The American National Religion
Friday, November 24th, 2006Ah, yes, ’tis the season once again when we Americans get to practice our national religion openly and unabashedly. Christianity? Judaism? Islam? Buddhism? No. Our national religion is quite another “ism” — consumerism. I am writing this on “Black Friday”, 2006 A.D. Many supplicants are driven by the doctrine of this religion to spend sleepless [...]
You Get What You Vote For
Wednesday, November 8th, 2006Well, the people have spoken. There will be many contradictory conclusions drawn about exactly what the people have said. I will just say this: the democratic process produces the kind of government that the people vote for. The nation will most likely survive this election. After all, we survived many decades of government with the [...]
Exercise the Franchise Today
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006I’m sticking with the GOP. While it’s true that the elephants have taken on a distinctly donkeyish odor, the prospect of having tax and spend liberals with a majority in the House is downright unnerving. The economy is cooking. Unemployment is at record lows. Opening the beleaguered taxpayers’ wallets to a Democrat-controlled congress would stifle [...]
This is the Dawning of the Age of the Apology
Thursday, November 2nd, 2006Politics was never a nice game, and it is not for the faint of heart. Why then (oh why oh why) are so many politicians, pundits, “journalists”, talk show hosts and professional rabble-rousers spending so much time insisting that someone (else) owes someone (else) an apology? What gives? Tony Snow thinks John Kerry owes our [...]
