One of the great fight songs of all time is “On Wisconsin!” which is usually reserved for the Fighting Badgers of the University of Wisconsin football team: “Forward is our driving spirit; Loyal voices ring,” the song proclaims. Retreating and running away from their elective duties seems more like their ‘driving spirit’ nowadays, what with […]
Was it possibly that scoundrel Bernie Madoff who made off with hundreds of billions of dollars of client funds and lost them all after he took his big fat cut out of it first, of course? Was it possibly that scoundrel Bernie Madoff who made off with hundreds of billions of dollars of client funds […]
Wonderment over this “grand compromise” of the recent tax deal is similar to the one Clara Peller, the great lady who did the Wendy’s commercials in the early 1980’s, had when she asked, “Where’s the beef?” Our 2010 questions are these: 1) Where’s the Compromise? 2) Where’s the Courage? 3) Where’s the Sacrifice? It is […]
According to the current definition by some people, that is. It’s amusing when we read that some wag has tagged a politician with a shorthand slap such as ‘RINO’ (Republican-in-Name-Only) and then slaps himself on the back for being so clever and funny. Many times, the facts just don’t support the accusations. RINOs are Republicans […]
Sounds almost like a John Lennon song, and since today marks the 30th anniversary of his assassination in NYC, why not use his iconic post-Beatles song as inspiration? I’ve been intrigued by the ongoing debate/tirade/jeremiad (take your pick) by some people, and a lot of Tea Party affiliators, regarding the role of the Federal Reserve […]
The upcoming ‘debate’, such as it will be, on the recommendations of the Bowles-Simpson Deficit Reduction Commission remind me of the annoying kid who would invite you to play basketball at their house on their backyard court with their basketball. Inevitably, almost as if scripted, some foul would be inflicted on said annoying kid (SAK) […]
“I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.” ~ Groucho Marx Don’t you sometimes wish this were true with our elected officials? As in: ‘I refuse to run for any Congress that would have me as a Congressman/Senator!’ Groucho’s sentiment could apply to hundreds of candidates each and every year it seems. […]
We already have ‘free’ health insurance in America. For seniors, that is. With the elections right around the corner, it is a good time to evaluate whether anyone you vote for understands anything about solving the humongous problems facing us as a nation … And no, they do not include witchcraft, calling a female gubernatorial candidate […]
What Comes First…‘The Chicken’ of Consumer Demand or ‘The Egg’ of Job Creation? We have had some pretty interesting exchanges with people on both sides of the political philosophical spectrum since finding jobs for the nearly 20 million unemployed, under-employed or just plain ‘gave up looking for employment’ Americans is on everyone’s minds right now. […]
“Waiting for Superman” is a new documentary about public education in America that is already stimulating a lot of discussion about how to ‘fix’ the ailing education system. There’s no need to wait. It is already being fixed in hundreds, if not thousands of schools around the nation, such as the Durham Nativity School in […]
