Michael Collins [1890-1922], Ireland. Sought to bring an incremental peace to his troubled native land. Killed by the Irish Republican Army. Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi [1869-1948], India. Non-violently won independence for India from the British Empire. Killed by a fellow… Continue Reading
It’s an open secret that the Obama presidency stinks on ice. Nick Gillespie of the libertarian Reason mag prophetically came up with the locution as early as April of 2009: Question to the folks, including some of the libertarian persuasion… Continue Reading
Protestors gathered in Lower Manhattan for what some called the United States Day of Rage. PHOTO: Robert Stolarik NYT: At William Street, [the protestors] were blocked from proceeding toward the stock exchange, and the march ended in front of a… Continue Reading
Not one of us has ever written what he thinks on the internet without being rewarded with attacks personal, unfair and scurrilous. Blog moderators tend to let it slide, First Amendment and all that. What Would the Founders Do, somebody… Continue Reading
On a major Vision of the Anointed, anthropomorphic global warming climate change, a Nobel laureate in physics includes himself out: Dr. Ivar Giaever, a former professor with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the 1973 winner of the Nobel Prize in physics,… Continue Reading
Heh heh heh. Biden and Hoffa, for those who’ve been in a cave, or get their news from the traditional media machine. [But I repeat myself.]
Some on the right say National Public Radio has been on fair-and-balanced behavior since the GOP made its semi-annual kabuki run at NPR’s funding. Funding still intact, of course. It’s a Republican ritual. The threat, not the cut. As for… Continue Reading