Well my dire predictions of calamitous world war in the middle east from earlier this year have quite obviously been proven untrue thus far. Israel pulled out of Lebanon and the fighting with Palestinian forces has settled into the deadly simmer that’s become the norm during the last few years. And, of course, no wider […]

After the election surprised me by actually happening as expected with only minimal problems, I’ve heard the same thing from the several people. Now that the Democratic party earned its chance to take the wheel of Congress and possibly apply some checks to Our Fine President what the heck are you going to write about? […]

About this time six years back a friend and former editor was penning an editorial in praise of our democratic system of government and the way our fair elections bring about a smooth transition of power. It was the end of the Clinton era, not a bad time really and while the campaign between Al […]