Monthly Archives: August 2009

This gun “thing” seems to be getting a bit out of control, notwithstanding that it’s “just a few” attending “Town Hall” meetings. Okay, maybe I can modestly understand someone showing up with a sidearm, but with an assault rifle? And, … Continue reading →

Banning or wanting to ban ice cream vendors from parks and neighborhoods because you’re “health conscious,” because they’re “predatory.” My God, when are contemporary parents going to start to let their kids be kids. I wonder what they think of … Continue reading →

Thank you, I do read them. In response to various questions: I was a reporter for more than two decades, posted in New York City and Washington, DC, with a major newspaper. Following the apparent and continuing demise of the news … Continue reading →

There’s been almost no talk recently of gun control. The NRA, as usual, has had it’s way with a Congress that’s been remarkably malleable for years on this issue. I’ve friends who own guns, some of those weapons rather odd … Continue reading →

Refugee’s fully in favor of the “Public Option.” So it’s bureaucratic…so is Medicare and that’s working for me. The politicking could certainly sink healthcare reform, especially with the firey right raising its increasingly ugly head…and apparently weapons, though holstered, it … Continue reading →