Every plan is tentative. Be prepared to [...]

To be identified as a liberal was for years a badge of dishonor. Still is to a lot of people. Well, screw that. Anybody tells me I’m some sort of pussy to be a liberal I’ll tell them straight out they’re full of shit. Or Kool Aid, take your [...]

False humility is just one more lie. No sense turning virtues into vices to make yourself feel better. You fool nobody and it doesn’t work [...]

The Department Of Pointing Out The Obvious (DOPOTO), as part of our ongoing mission to (what else?) point out the obvious, has stumbled across various small news tidbits that bear closer examination. One would be the closing down of an ambitious solar energy [...]

Life is too short to make every mistake or learn every lesson personally, so learning from others is vital. The very first and best lesson to learn or to teach another is knowing right from wrong. This way when you get into unfamiliar territory you can always [...]

Welfare is for poor people down on their luck or health or both, a declaration by society that we do not throw our most helpless citizens away like so much inconvenient trash. In America, we value the individual and champion human rights. To do less than to [...]

People are very puzzling and fickle, which is why so many of us own dogs. They’re pretty easy to figure out and very consistent. The odd thing is why dogs put up with [...]

Barack Obama has made the first move towards disarmament, a policy that will surely see him crucified in print and electronic media by his political opponents. The President has decided to scrap the folly of Star Wars missile shields in Europe, the brainchild [...]

Wonders abound and never cease. Keep your eyes and your heart wide open and feel the power of life, of love, and of [...]

Pity the people with less than four seasons. Here in New York City on the northeast coast of the United States, Summer is just about over. A hot day here and there still reminds us of the oddball rainy Summer we have had, but the air at night tells a [...]