Thomas Frediman is at it again. This week he reassured us that the Gulf oil spill is not this president’s Katrina. Obama is doing everything right, and Bush did everything wrong. This in the same week that Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, said, “They told us it was under control. […] Read the rest
More Personal Commentary
August 31, 2010
May 21, 2010
April 15, 2010
Unwritten
Every year I get older. That’s not true, really, not anymore. Now I see something on the satellite or on the web that makes me feel older every day. There have been a couple of documentaries recently that made my tooth longer. Both are about dead musicians, but not the […] Read the rest
April 5, 2010
Leaps of Logic
Thomas Frediman wrote an editorial for the New York Times on April 4, 2010 that I was agreeing with. The engine of economic growth is small, start-up companies, he said. It seems those types of companies accounted for virtually all job growth in the United States between 1980 and 2005. […] Read the rest
March 22, 2010
Under God
America is the greatest country the world has ever known, save God’s chosen people. It’s greatness is not found in capitalism nor democracy, not even in freedom. America is great because we were founded under God. But that all disappeared on a Sunday night on the second day of Spring. […] Read the rest
January 14, 2010
Eulogy for Dad
I want to thank all of y’all for coming today. We all loved my dad. He asked me a while ago to say something at this service. It’s something I really didn’t think about again until this week. When I thought about it I thought I might come up here […] Read the rest
Arrogance
Arrogance is one’s belief he is superior to others. It is the corruption of confidence and, in the political arena, it leads to dogma rather than dialogue. It is what leads the political class to assure us what they are doing is for our own good, as if we were […] Read the rest