July 7, 2008
Economic Anxiety and Health Care Reform
I am reading a very interesting book by Peter Gosselin entitled “High Wire, The Precarious Financial Lives of American Families”, that analyzes the current economic situation of many in this country. Gosselin’s thesis is that the...
July 6, 2008
Vacation
According to Wikipedia: “In the United Kingdom the word “vacation” referred specifically to the long summer break taken by the law courts (and later universities)—a custom introduced by William the Conqueror from Normandy where it was intended to facilitate...
June 30, 2008
Seeking Shelter in the Storm
The clouds were dark and forbidding as I drove past the National Mall the other day. It was quite obvious — at least to me — that a storm was approaching. But to a couple of thousand...
June 29, 2008
Courage, Adventure, Patriotism
My wife and I went to a going-away party for a couple of friends of ours, Alex and Amy Mistri, last night. Where are they going, you might ask? Iraq would be the reply. They will work...
June 27, 2008
Flip-Flops, Political Opportunism and Barack Obama
The McCain campaign is trying to paint Barack Obama as a flip-flopper, ala John Kerry. I don’t think it will work in the same way it worked with Kerry, however. Kerry’s flip-flopping, most spectacularly...