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Tragic Leaps of Emotional Logic

There is something terribly wrong in our country.  Leaps of logic are flying in random patterns of chaos.  The other day there was a letter to the editor in our local paper that stated emphatically that Barack Obama is a Muslim - the evidence, Obama’s middle name and his father was from Africa.  What is [...]



Testing John McCain and Barack Obama

John McCain is beginning his campaign rallies with: “Do we want a President who will be tested? My friends, I have been tested many times and I have the scars to prove it.”  Not so fast big shooter.  Your scars are not very flattering.
Much like a sporting event, where people are tested on the court [...]



The Day The Earth Stood Still

November 4, 2008, the earth will stand still.  There are moments in human history when all people of all nations stop - they pause their lives - they watch.  Sometimes we are captivated in hopeful anticipation, other times frozen in fear and awe.
September 11, 2001 was a day of fear and awe.  July 20, 1969 [...]



Election Anxiety

Only the fools are not nervous about this election.  Too much is at stake.  By every measurement this country is worse off than it was eight years ago - and the decline continues.  Every news cycle brings new anxiety - new fears for our future.  And there remains uncertainty in the election outcome.
The Bush Presidency [...]



Justifying Political Tactics

We are talking about the Presidency of the United States of America in 2008.  The most powerful and influential position in the entire world.  All the world watches, waits, anticipates, frets, worries, holds their breath.  What is at stake here?  Here it is, as America goes so goes the world.  For the candidates we are [...]



Fear and Faith, Vote Obama - Go To Hell

Polar opposites.  Fear and Faith.  These concepts do not live together, they are never under the same roof.  When the Jehovah’s Witnesses and the Mormons and the Catholics and the Baptists come knocking at my door I am not afraid.  But they are.  Fear is always obvious in their message.
The tactics employed by the religulous [...]