Some things just don’t add up
Math isn’t my thing. I’m more of a words guy. But I’m pretty good at simple arithmetic. I can add 2 and 2 just as well as the next guy.…
Taking issue with elections issues
Everyone should have voted Tuesday. But few of us did. I was one of those who took the time to get out there and cast my ballot. It was kind…
It's the holidays — get over it
With October come and gone, it is, as far as I’m concerned, the holiday season. Or “the holidays.” There are lots of holidays coming up. Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah,…
Mobility needed for upward mobility
Let’s go to Delaware Park for the day, shall we? I wonder what the best way is to get there. Let me cruise over to map.google.com and make myself a…
Budget deal nothing to get excited about
As much as I want to herald the dawn of a new spirit of cooperation in the budget/debt limit deal that Congress approved Wednesday night, I can’t help but feel…
It's time to ask the right question about healthcare
Lost in all the political bickering over universal healthcare the past 20 years — from Hillarycare to Romneycare to Obamacare — is the most basic question of all concerning healthcare.…
The whole country’s gone crazy
Former New York Yankees player and manager Yogi Berra was a magician with words. Some of his quotes are downright legendary. “Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half…
GOP denial of science is frightening
About 5,000 years ago there was a great Egyptian empire. They created some really cool things. They used pulleys and levers to create massive buildings and monuments. They used rope…
Looney GOP keeps playing same Tunes
Shouldn’t there have been a point at which Wyle E. Coyote — super genius — realized that maybe he wasn’t actually that bright and was never going to catch and…