Reform the Republic
It is obvious to almost everyone that our Republic is now completely dysfunctional. I’ve finally recognized the fundamental conceptual error that so cripples us. We’ve allowed our Republic to spawn and...
View ArticlePoll Vaults
Did you read Fred LeBrun’s column in the Wednesday Times Union? Did you find all of it? I did but again the newspaper messed up the jump in the column and made it difficult on readers. This happens...
View ArticleMSNBC Stupidity
It strikes me as potentially perilous for any employer to get involved in employee’s personal political contributions. It is contemptible because it is unnecessary, in my opinion, to ban all...
View ArticleNo More Stupid
MSNBC’s indefinite suspension of Keith Olbermann will end Tuesday. He was supposedly suspended last Friday for violating NBC News policy by donating his own money to three political candidates. Now,...
View ArticleThe Whole is Better Than Expected
My book is out and I finally read it. It is a lot better than I expected. That may seem an odd observation to you but I had never read the finished pieces in their final order and as one work. It makes...
View ArticleBetter Days
I appreciate all the comments about Paul Grondahl’s piece. He was at my house on a rainy day and rainy days are the worst — so there are better days for me. Indeed, until this year, I still mowed my...
View ArticleOpinions
There are many issues about which I have no opinion because I do not feel entitled to an opinion based on what I know. I don’t think you are either, in all probability. It shocking to have anyone tell...
View ArticleWRGB For Sale
A friend just sent me news of mass firings at a television station in Florida owned by the same company that owns WRGB, Freedom Communications. The company has just emerged from bankruptcy protection...
View ArticleFighting Words
The SCOTUS decision allowing obnoxious protests at funerals of fallen soldiers surprised me. I didn’t think the conservatives on this Court could rise abovetheir patriotic impulses to see the 1st...
View ArticleObama’s speech coverage on NPR
What were the people at NPR thinking? The coverage of President Obama’s speech on National Public Radio on Wednesday was just awful. I’ve never minded analysis of a speech after it has ended but the...
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