What part of the world needs Washington’s leadership?
Like both Presidents Bush and Obama, Clinton cannot imagine a world in which the United States is not a global …
Monthly Archives: December 2015
Santa believers
So the comparison to Santa Claus was just a means of ridicule after all. Snickering goes well with that. Let people know that you consider your opponents beneath consideration. That means you don’t have to argue with people who disagree with you. You don’t want to dignify their positions. You don’t expect your opponents to listen to you anyway, any more than you listen to them.
Favorite scenes from Christmas movies
Here’s a brief post to enliven Christmas spirit. From all the Christmas movies you’ve seen: What is your favorite comedic scene? What …
If you pretend something does not exist, you do not have to explain it
See Kevin Ryan’s article in Washington’s Blog, Propaganda Can’t Melt Steel Beams. The article prompts this short exchange between a 9/11 …
Growing up black in America
Here are a few interesting pieces about growing up black in America: My son has been suspended five times. He’s 3. …
Fall athletics
You start each week and you’ve got to put the same amount of work in every single week. And you can’t forget one detail. And then you get one chance to go out there and do it on Sunday.
Is the FBI a PR agency or a law enforcement bureau?
The FBI is a PR agency that pretends it’s a law enforcement bureau. So is the Department of Homeland Security, …
“So what?”
Yet you cannot lightly dismiss evidence that shows official accounts of 9/11 to be false, nor can you rely on a playground challenge to make the implications of those lies go away. When you get caught in an affair, saying “What difference does it make?” to your spouse does not repair the relationship. In a way, it is not a response at all. It just deflects reality.
Do not give up the right to own weapons
Another massacre brings more calls for gun control. We even see references to the so-called Australian model, which aims to …
Films about 9/11
Here are some films about 9/11: precursors to the attacks, the attacks themselves, and developments that followed the attacks: Incontrovertible …
The Jeffersonian 