It’s Not the Guns
I have given this subject far more thought than I normally do on politically charged issues, and I have come up with my own...
Republicans, We Hardly Know Ye
I’m curious — what has happened to the Republican Party? After all, these are the people who like to tell Americans they are the...
Getting off the High Horse
After a tough day, you’re decompressing, shutting out the world, checking out the lightest of internet fare. You come across a video with a...
Open-Armed, Despite All
What if China, flush with its new wealth, opened its doors to mass immigration? It would make sense from an economic and social point...
Goodbye, Fossil Fuels?
“We would like to get to a prototype in five generations,” said Dr. Thomas McGuire, director of the Revolutionary Technology division at Lockheed...
Coming to Terms
So now Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White is calling for Texas governors to serve no more than two full four-year terms.
We heard that call...
A Ban on Hypocrisy
Not long after the shooting in Newtown, Conn., I got into a little argument with a good friend about gun control. I lean liberal,...
The Meaning of Paris
After French policeman Ahmed Merabet was killed outside the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris last week, his brother Malek said, “My brother was Muslim,...
Terrorism Equation
“We will not be cowed by these sick terrorists,” said British Prime Minister David Cameron after ISIS produced a grisly video of the mass...
Less Fighting, More Fear
Imagine for a moment that all the wars of the world have come to a peaceful conclusion. Most violent crime against people and property...
