Truth in Avettising
Victor and I were tackling a fairly difficult, 300-piece jigsaw puzzle last night. We had the Avett Brothers playing on iTunes and one of us was enjoying a pale ale. The conversation had hit a lull and we both found ourselves engrossed in the challenge when the song Paronia in B Major cued […]

Political pandering is an insult to our intellect, but  unfortunately, too many of us let our emotions cloud our judgment and leave us susceptible to falling for empty promises and half-baked plans.
Take the proposed temporary federal gas tax repeal, please. Both Clinton and McCain are using this to curry favor with put-upon gas pumpers. Only […]

There are certain issues that keep me in the middle as opposed to being a stalwart for either of the two major parties. For example, I can’t get behind the Republicans on such things as sanctity of marriage acts or mandatory moments of silence in school. The Democrats lose me when they flirt with socialism […]

Kathleen Parker had an interesting column in yesterday’s SJ-R. In it, she put forth the premise that many supporters are attracted to the idea of Barack Obama, the hope and change and all that, rather than to the man himself, who Parker finds somewhat unidentifiable up to this point.
On the Democrat side of the ledger, […]