In the film The Graduate, Dustin Hoffman’s character was told that the future was in plastics. DuPont gave us the slogan ”Better Things for Better Living…Through Chemistry.” Today those chickens have come home to roost, well at least the ones that haven’t been poisoned or become infertile thanks to the chemical industry. Slow Death By Rubber Duck: The … Continue reading
Party flipping Senator Arlen Specter (D then R then D again-PA) and author of the “magic bullet” theory in the Kennedy assassination, has set a new standard for slinging mud in his primary race against Congressman Joe Sestak (D-PA). By way of background, Joe Sestak is a retired Navy admiral who is the highest ranking former military … Continue reading
You can’t look anywhere these days without seeing the hawklike profile of disgraced former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer hogging up screen time. Excuse me? Is this the same Eliot Spitzer who had to relinquish his seat and leave New York in the lurch after being caught with a hooker? Isn’t he the guy who selected … Continue reading
“A nuclear-free world has been a 60-year dream of the Left, just like socialized healthcare.” – Rudy Giuliani, 2010 “A nuclear world war cannot be won and must never be fought. And no matter how great the obstacles may seem, we must never stop our efforts to reduce the weapons of war. We must never … Continue reading
Here’s a video about the World Health Organization’s (WHO) ranking of countries by their health care system. I may not agree with the ranking until I see the underlying data but you have to admit that the song is catchy. But don’t listen to this guy, he is just a musician after all. Let’s see … Continue reading
In honor of tax returns being due this week I have to get something off my chest. Taxes are too freakin’ complicated! I just saw an H&R Block ad where they said there were 1,700 changes to the tax code in 2009 alone. The current tax code is over 7,500 pages long. That is not a typo. … Continue reading
With the retirement of Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, President Obama gets to achieve the rare feat of selecting a justice a year in the first two years of his term. Now the fight is on. Forget health care, missile reduction talks or whatever else may be on the agenda to help the country. Armageddon will … Continue reading
The Daily Beast’s John Avlon provides his take on the most influential voices of the American center. As John Avlon points out in his essay, 42% of Americans now classify themselves as Independents. We are the fastest growing movement in the country but you wouldn’t know it with all the attention paid to Democratic/Republican partisan politics. When will either of these parties realize … Continue reading
