Category: American Society

When I agree with Glenn Reynolds: RADLEY BALKO: Putting MADD in Charge of America’s Highways. “With Hurley in charge, MADD’s goals will become NHTSA’s goals. That’s troubling because at heart, MADD is an activist organization. The groups once-admirable goal of raising public awareness about drunk driving has over the last

Easter Sunday-and as it should be, its a beautiful day here in Shopping Mall USA. Across the globe-where I aspire to be- the sun has already set on this holiest day in the Christian calendar.If Filipina maids who are driven by poverty to wage slavery in Hong Kong can go

Going to visit my son for a few days. posting will be light. So talk among yourselves about this tidbit from John Cole-which I happen to agree with: You know who probably deserves some scorn but isn’t receiving it? HGTV. How many episodes of House Hunters or Property Virgins or

I was sick as a dog yesterday. Woke up about 3:30 am and began a rotating cycle between my bed and a room with porcelain fixtures in it. By the time the alarm went off I knew going to work was out of the question-unless I could drag the porcelain

Chirol does a pretty good deconstruction of why racial identification is,  in fact,  racist. Lastly, on that point, I will never use the term African-American because it is misused. Only someone who is actually African (say from Nigeria, Malawi etc) and immigrated to the US could MAYBE be called so.

I think the Chief Justice got the oath wrong in reading it to the new President. Oh well……. (I’m gonna review the video tonight….). I put my trust in you-you better deliver! If you don’t, I’ll be here to write about it. UPDATE! Chief Justice Roberts did get the oath

I’ve always been ambivalent about Martin Luther King Day. Since his birthday falls on my mother’s birthday,  I would just as  soon celebrate her birthday. Her dreams and visions for me had a lot more to do with where I am now ( for good and ill) than anything Martin

Greetings from the foothills of the Rockies. Out here for 3 days on business. In one of my more misguided moments-I agreed to bring the S.O. along. Now -after a long day that began at 5 am she is in a grumpy mood. For the record, I did warn her