Dr. Laura just added number 11 to her Ten Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives, and Sarah Palin demonstrates why politicians should never use Twitter. I have never been a fan of Dr. Laura and I am glad to see she has the decency to pull the plug on her long running syndicated talk show.  The use of racially emotional words is not ( Read more... )

The Curse of Micro Blogging

We live in a world of massive information. It comes at us rapidly, relentlessly and without mercy. As we sit at our computers, smart phones and televisions the information comes at us with such speed that it is often difficult to focus on any one item. Even if we can we often don’t get enough information from those ( Read more... )

“You damn socialists are taking over!”

My evangelical neighbor is sputtering at me once again. He is upset that I plastered his front door with anti-amendment 48 stickers. But, if he hadn’t plastered my door previously with pro-amendment 48 stickers then he wouldn’t be spending the afternoon scraping his door clean. He should be comfortable with ( Read more... )

The vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin was far more exciting than last weeks smack down between McCain and Obama. That shouldn’t be surprising given Biden’s reputation for being somewhat of a bully when it comes to debating - at least according to the shrewd political expertise of Entertainment Tonight - and the ( Read more... )

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Chicken Little is a perfect example of how you need to be careful when taking in information from the media. This morning I awoke to the sounds of frantic clucking mixed with sobbing. Knowing that this generally means nothing good for me and since it was only 4:30 A - before the butt crack of dawn - M I grabbed my pillow and shoved it down over my ( Read more... )

Sarah Palin are you smarter than a 5th grader?

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Sidran and Betty Spaghetti are upset with me over what they see as an unjust attack on Bristol Palin, daughter of America’s no.1 conservative soccer mom Sarah Palin. However, I defend yesterday’s post - crude as it was - because it was not an attack on Bristol Palin at all, but rather, an angry blast at all things conservative that her mother ( Read more... )

The Good Christian soldiers of America are gathering in St. Paul this week to whip themselves into a frenzy (maestro, the Battle Hymn of the Republic if you please) and garner support for McCain and his rather unexpected choice for a running mate, Sarah Palin, the uber conservative governor of Alaska.

If Palin is a good Christian solider shouldn’t ( Read more... )