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Somehow, I cannot place the concept of "statesmen" and "Congressmen" into one conflation. The pitiful antics of our elected Federal legistators exceeds even the immature behavior of children. The culmination, of course, was John Boehner telling Harry Re… more »

From that purveyor of gladitorial entertainment, the NFL, these news items as the league readies us for its orgy of playoffs: The Arizona Cardinals fired coach Ken Whisenhunt on Monday, making it seven total coaches fired on Black Monday. This follows… more »

It's the last day of 2012. The nation remains in the thrall of the farce being perpetuated in Washington.   more »

I have arrived at the confluence of two streams of acquired information- what I have learned vicariously now commingles with what I have learned from experience.  To be specific, I am talking about wireless Internet access. David Cay Johnston  covered… more »

The year winds down. The political media titillates itself  in its observations of the futility of our Federal legistature,  as a murmuring crowd staring up at some poor soul on the roof of a  tall building not-so-secretly hopes he will jump.  At last,… more »

Pondering the motivational power of Fear.  Anecdotal evidence suggests that Fear mangles our thought processes,  causing us to replace rational action with irrational reaction. Case in point: The political class in our country has quite effectively fost… more »