The Fuzzy Future

It is traditional at this time of the year to reflect upon the past and consider what the future holds. After 8 years of darkness, the beginning of 2009 featured hope and expectations of better times ahead. While this is still possible, one must admit there are few signs that better times are just around [...]

TSA Is Broken

When Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab bought his ticket (for cash) and boarded his flight for the US (with no bags), had I known this was happening, I could have said the TSA was unable to prevented his subsequent attempt to blow up the plane. Why do I know so much? I am on the famous TSA [...]

They Will Follow Us Home

When former President George W Bush was considering whether to take on the “surge” strategy in the Iraq mess that existed at that time, Senator John McCain was telling anyone who would listen, “if we withdraw now, the terrorists will follow us home!” This was an absurd statement then, and in the after glow of [...]

Things In Common

Sometimes things happen that seem totally unrelated until a common theme emerges. When that happens, there is a golden moment when progress can be made. Alas, all too often the rush of life causes us to take the path most traveled and the enlightening that could have taken place is lost. Consider: Detroit bound suicide [...]

Understanding the Un-understandable

On Christmas Day, a religiously consumed 23 year old tried to blow up an intercontinental flight headed for Detroit. The alleged terrorist came from a privileged background and had received a reasonably decent education through a British International School. So why would someone with his life in front of him choose to end it (and [...]

Christmas Fools

The saying goes that a full moon brings out the demons and for some unfortunate people, their behaviors turn bizarre. I wonder whether Christmas has the same effect? A woman in hear mid twenties jumped a portable retaining fence, and tackled Pope Benedict while he was leading a Christmas Eve procession. This was not her [...]

A Year of Frustration

The coalition of right wingers, conservatives, and the growing “I hate Government” groups are ending 2009 very frustrated. They are madder than heck and they aren’t going to take it any more. And the madder they get, the more incoherent their slams against President Obama become. What are these people thinking? The common themes mindlessly [...]

Senator Whine

For the year 2009, there were multiple candidates for “Whiner of the Year”, a prestigious award giving to the Senator (regardless of Party) who complains and says no, to what has been proposed, the best. The finalist this year were bi-partisan and deserve our special recognition: Honorable Mention – John Ensign. John complained about media [...]

The Complain Train

The Polar Express is a popular movie about a magical train. President Obama is hearing the whistles of “the Complain Train”. This train has a tinge of magic, a lot of mystery, and a whine to it, and it is coming right at him. Gays decry the lack of action on “their” issues such as [...]

Tiger’s Syndrome

The swirl around Tiger Woods’ Thanksgiving evening automobile crash has been a tremendous shock to many people. Tiger was not real, he was the ideal. He represented sports greatness and a super clean personal reputation. He was what most well coiffed, expensive suited politicians appear to be. He appeared to be above the rest and [...]