Cherry blossoms and finally it is spring

Just a month and a half or so ago and I was reporting from my igloo here in Arlington Virginia. It took nearly a month for the six foot drift by the balcony door to melt. In the process, flower boxes toppled, and...

Stalling the inevitable adjustment: 30% drop in 4 years

Prediction: Real property and wages will fall 30% in four years Let’s say 10 years ago you bought a house for which you could barely make the monthly mortgage payment, but you did it 1) because you could get financing, 2) you believed that the freight train of increasing...

Films that should be a TV series

I have to say, the story below is from a UK viewpoint. It is true that many US television programs stole their idea from BBC productions, but I wince at some of these selections. For instance, I am a big fan of...

Suggestion: Republicans should behave more like modern Tories

I read Ann Applebaum's Washington Post article this morning suggesting Republicans might learn from Great Britain’s Tory Party. (Trouble is Republicans are acting more like Neanderthals than Hominids.)...

The Evolution of Diversity

Waves of prehistoric beings came out of Africa to populate the earth. My kind, R1a1’s, left Ethiopia 60,000 years ago and headed through the Middle East, likely Israel, before moving through Iran and Russia to...

Republican congressmen’s incendiary remarks may insight violence

" “BREAKING: Steny Hoyer, “Members Of Congress Receiving Death Threats” (UPDATED VIDEO) Written by LogisticsMonster Breaking, Obamacare, Video Mar 24, 2010 Shep Smith of FoxNews has just announced that...

Conservative Coulter ran to Ottawa to find audience, gets threats

If they have something constructive to say, I wish they would tell us here in the USA. Conservative Ann Coulter was on a lecture tour in Ottawa, though menacing students made her nervous, and they cancelled the...

Ted Kennedy son tells Dad the job is done

Nothing can tell it like this regarding the historic accomplishment of passing healthcare reform. Patrick Kennedy said thanks for all Americans. All Americans can reflect and say thanks to all of the Kennedys that...

For Sale: Schindler’s List

This doesn’t seem right to me. One would think that the artifact of historical importance would be in a holocaust museum. No doubt, there would be a price on the document. It really needs a public home, I...

Got Healthcare?

The greatest wealth is health! You betcha. Go Democrats – get healthy, stay healthy, now get jobs. In the meantime, Republicans and their leader, Steele wants to take back what Americans have waited a lifetime...

Misbehavior undermines support for Israel

Being cleverly clandestine means never being caught in the act. Israel is too brazen and now exposed; their actions don’t look so good. Even though the end objective was to assassinate a terrorist, Israel cannot trample the system of international laws and...

Thank You Congressman Moran & Isn't that special?

My Congressman delivered, and for that I am most grateful. He represented my needs perfectly, and demonstrated steadfast leadership. Here is what he shared with me via email. “Dear James, This weekend, the...

Republican Screamers

They offered nothing but no. They accomplished nothing for 8 long years except get us into an ill conceived military operation, and failed to enforce regulations on Wall Street that trashed the economy while...

Abortion: Sense and Sensibility

“62% felt that abortion should never be legal or legal only in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the mother's life” Set aside religious views because in the USA we separate church from state. On the basis...

For Republicans: How to improve; For Democrats: How to pay for it

Healthcare has passed at last, and Democrats and Obama can run a victory lap. Americans, including 35 million uninsured can cheer. Emergency rooms may empty of non serious patients as they will have a place to go....

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