People have real problems these days—not irritations or peeves, but actual, life-changing problems. One of the ones that struck me as sad and immediately unsolvable is the statistic that tells us that over one-half of people under 25 who have, in many cases, taken on a student loan burden [...]
There are about 11-13 million illegal immigrants in the country, the largest number from Mexico. Off and on, they have been accused of taking born-in-the-USA citizens’ jobs, of having a deleterious effect on our crime rates, of putting a strain on our health facilities, of drawing drug cartels [...]
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I love political campaigns in the same way that people love to watch TV shows that feature embarrassing bloopers. This time around, it’s been a field day for gaffe-lovers, but now I’ve refined my taste to look for the lines—both silly and profound—that make me think, make me see [...]
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I’ve always loved soundbites, particularly in elections. They promise the art of succinctness, the potent cleverness that the right combination of a few words can impress on a public struggling with complex issues. So, taking out the gaffes which politicians inevitably make as they travel exhaustively on the campaign [...]
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And that seems to have been exactly what happened this last weekend in Washington, D.C. The misnamed Reason Rally drew multiple thousands of people, willing to brave long waits for speakers and rain, in order to assert (Here it comes! Wait for it!) their belief in non-belief. I feel [...]
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This weekend, there was a Reason Rally in Washington, D.C. in which about 30,000 non-theists gathered to express emotions ranging from outrage to neutrality about the role religion plays in our lives. These people—who called themselves humanists, atheists, skeptics, secularists, and other labels—asserted as a group that they were [...]
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We all love that part in a well-crafted and compelling mystery at which the motivations are delineated, the tools are revealed, and the secrets are brought into the light. You know, that’s the point at which Sherlock Holmes says, “Elementary, my dear Watson,” or something like that.
We’re [...]
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This week on Piers Morgan’s interview, Rick Santorum unapologetically admitted that he has made mistakes. Without alluding directly to his comments about JFK, he did say that, yes, occasionally he makes a mistake in his speeches. He should, for instance, have used the word “snobbish” rather than “snob” when [...]
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I think I’ve found the perfect word for the GOP primaries: “pitch.” It has three definitions: (1) the degree of highness or lowness of a tone; (2) the ball thrown for a batter to try to hit; and (3) a sticky substance that covers, coats, or smears.
Mitt Romney, [...]
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I’m sitting here tired of the issues that always come to the forefront as we measure who is the best candidate we have for our party. Most of which really don’t have anything to do with how that person will lead our country. I’m tired of handing over the rhetoric [...]
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