Son,
I was in my late teens, sitting on a Missouri River levy. There were three of us, drinking Kansas beer. 3.2 Alcohol. We were too young to drink in Missouri. My 56′ Chevy was parked on top of the levy, we were sitting on the bank of the river. The doors on my Chevy were [...]

Son,
We are in a time of flux. This is a difficult time for statisticians. The Media Pundits are dissecting the election statistics, trying to make sense of demographics and results. Some say Obama is about generational issues. Clinton is about gender. Edwards about populism. Huckabee about evangelism. This is not a time when these statistics [...]

Son,
I received the following email encouraging an email or on-line petition.  I added the italics:
“January 11, 2008 will mark six years since the first 20 prisoners arrived at Guantánamo Bay Cuba. Since then, 775 prisoners have passed through the gates and no trials have been completed.
As a symbol of freedom and democracy throughout the world, [...]

Son,
We should thank George Bush. He is the Jimmy Carter of Republicans. People talk about the Reagan Revolution - it was really the anti-Carter Revolution.
Bush has led this country to a new revolution. His hard line on everything has highlighted the fundamental problem with being hard line. He has highlighted the fundamental problem with allowing [...]

Son,
I grew up in a segregated America.  My parents would have qualified as third generation hillbillies who came to town to work.  We lived in a mixed race neighborhood in an inner city.  Those were days when a fist fight on the corner was just that - no one pulled out a knife or gun [...]

Son,
Good for Don Imus. He has overcome adversity and is returning to the Radio airways. I am not an Imus kind of guy - I may be a smart-alack like him - but our philosophies are different. But this is not about me - it is about redemption from the pettiness of Al Sharpton.
Racial discrimination [...]