December 1, 2009
The West Point Speech
The West Point Speech Probably the best part of President Obama’s speech at West Point tonight was the end, when he left the stage and posed for pictures with the young kids who may eventually be shipped to Afghanistan because...
December 1, 2009
The Posers
The Posers The media is fixated on the party crashers who snuck through the security and partied with the Indian Prime Minister. Dick Cheney is focused on the party crasher who snuck through the election and became President of the...
November 30, 2009
On the Changing Nature of Work
On the Changing Nature of Work My wife and I are addicted to the television show Mad Men, the American Movie Classics serial that chronicles the lives of Madison Avenue Advertising Agency executives during the Kennedy Administration. Change is in...
November 27, 2009
Thanksgiving Debate
Thanksgiving Debate Thanksgiving, of course, is a time to give thanks to God for all of our blessings, individually and as a nation. It is a time for gorging ourselves with turkey and other fixings. It is a time to...
November 25, 2009
The Dilettante
The Dilettante According to the dictionary, a dilettante is an admirer or lover of the arts or a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge, a dabbler. My wife once told me that she...
November 24, 2009
The Jobs Conundrum
The Jobs Conundrum Warning: What I am about to say here is politically incorrect. If you can’t handle politically incorrect statements, please do not read any further. A Washington Post story had a troubling story about the unemployment rate among...