I’m an early baby boomer, and the country has changed dramatically in my lifetime. I, like many, ignore the positives; advances in medical science and development of the computer and internet to name two notable examples. However, I’ve observed other changes not so positive. Today’s political environment troubles me; I write about it often on this blog. The deterioration…
Category Archives: Culture
Not a Profile in Courage
Every now and then, rarely to be sure, a profile in courage comes to our attention. Somebody who does something brave, and when we hear about it, we know this is a person of great character, that this is someone who knew all the risks, but spoke up anyway. Senator Rob Portman of Ohio is…
What Would Another Attack Do To This Country?
How would the American people react to another major attack on our country? The conventional wisdom is that we would all put aside our differences and rally around our country’s leadership, like we did after 9/11. At least, that’s the consensus that news analysts come to whenever the topic arises in panel discussions. It’s a…
Who’s the Boob?
I haven’t watched the Academy Awards in years and had no clue why Seth McFarlane was the host. I don’t watch cartoons so I have no idea what “Family Guy” is all about. That being said, the next day my news page featured several headlines about him and some stupid song he sang at the…
Rephrasing Conservatism For a Dense Electorate
Ever since last November’s election, we’ve heard many talking heads in the mainstream media insist that the big problem with the Republican party is that it just isn’t enough like the Democratic party. They see President Obama’s re-election victory, as narrow as it was, as proof of a changing electorate that is moving away from…
Reality TV Pitch: Mainstream Media Rehab
Like many college students back in the early 1990s, I found MTV’s The Real World to be an entertaining novelty that was interesting to watch. However, I never would have expected it to spawn a wildly-popular television genre that has claimed a lasting position in our pop-culture for the past twenty years. Yes, realty television…
Just Put Some Clothes On! Problem Solved!
I generally muse about the political, social and cultural life in America but sometimes I see or read something beyond our shores that has me shaking my head. Stories about the “Royals” are an example. First of all, let me say that I haven’t a clue why people are so fascinated with the English royal…
The Anti-Choice Left’s Disarming of the American Woman
If radical gun-grabbers have their way, your daughters, mothers and grandmothers will have nothing but whistles, pens and bodily fluids to defend themselves against violent attackers and sexual predators. Women of all ages, races and political backgrounds should be up in arms over the coordinated attack on their right to bear arms. In Colorado this…