July 7, 2009
Gibbon’s Lament
Gibbon’s Lament I didn’t watch the Michael Jackson memorial service. I didn’t boycott it, exactly, but I actually had some work to do, so I didn’t turn on the television to catch it. I know. I...
July 7, 2009
Palin Announcement is Good News
From cnn.com (CNN) — It shouldn’t have surprised anyone that Gov. Sarah Palin would surprise everyone by announcing that she was quitting her job by the end of July. Everything about her career has been a surprise. I remember distinctly...
July 7, 2009
Let’s Focus on the 6 Other Sins
This originally appeared on The Politico According to Catholic tradition, the seven deadly sins are lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath, envy and pride. In the wake of the scandals surrounding South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Nevada Sen. John...
July 4, 2009
What a Country!
What a Country! I am proud to live a country where someone like Sarah Palin can run for a local political office, win, quit, run for governor, win, get selected to run for Vice President, give a great...
July 2, 2009
A Theory on Jobs
A Theory on Jobs According to the Associated Press: “Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Workers also saw weekly wages fall, suggesting Americans will have little...
July 1, 2009
Franken Victory is Not Funny
(CNN) — The metric system is the kind of thing that you can expect from the 60-vote filibuster-proof majority Democrats now have in the United States Senate. After the Watergate scandal in 1974, Democrats trounced Republicans in the mid-term elections,...