The sky is falling. The sky is falling. We are doomed. All is lost. America will never manufacture anything again. We have lost our ability to compete and all that is left for us to do is morph into a service provider nation. Foreign workers will work for a shiny bag of beads and a [...]
Have you ever seen the Saturday Night Live bit about the computer technician working in a business office? He obviously works for the company and comes to help the hapless office cube prairie dogs with their non-functioning computers. A frustrated junior exec explains that he was just trying to print a document when the screen [...]
I give deference to Emma Lazarus and her beautiful poem “The New Colossus” that graces the Statue of Liberty. If you haven’t read the poem or at least haven’t read it in a while, please do so. It is a beautiful piece. But with all the changes in our nation’s capitol and with the socialist [...]
This is it. The very last piece I will write about the 2008 Presidential and Congressional elections. Right up until I can think of something else to say. As Democrats bask in the warm golden glow of victory, Republicans are left to shield their eyes from the stark white light of reality as they lick [...]
Traditions and holidays are like an old, really comfortable knit sweater. It may be shabby and it may look silly to some but you just don’t care, it does more than just keep you warm. It’s comfortable and you know you would miss it if you ever got rid of it. You wouldn’t think of [...]
Let me start by saying that I never won a blue ribbon at the grade school science fair. Usually whatever lame excuse I was able to assemble the night before the event and put proudly on display in the school gymnasium was good enough for a prominent place somewhere in the middle of the pack. [...]
If you have read a few of my previous submissions you know that I was a supporter of John McCain in the recent presidential election. Senator McCain was not my ideal candidate. His positions on several issues did not jive with mine, including global warming and immigration to name only a few. But I felt [...]
Having watched the news and read the papers lately regarding issues that did not involve the presidential election; I have come to the conclusion that it might be time to draw some clarification on two important traits. Let’s start by defining the word “compassion”. “Compassion: sympathy for the suffering of others, often including a desire [...]
Hey kids! It’s story time! So settle in and I will tell you the story of: “BO, THE PUPPY THAT THOUGHT HE COULD DRIVE A CAR” Once upon a time there was a young puppy named Bo. Bo was a happy little dog with big ears and a very thoughtful expression. Bo liked to think. [...]
Language is a remarkable thing. The fact that we have the ability to convey our deepest thoughts or desires by writing down some squiggly lines that form letters that are then assembled into words which can be read and comprehended, or to make noises in a particular fashion so as to be understood by someone [...]
