I’m fascinated by recent shows on the History Channel and C-SPAN about the history of the White House. But I’m afraid that we have a sense that our history only happened long ago. Perhaps you’ve seen this for yourself.
First Lady Laura Bush gave a very informative and patriotic tour for both cable channels. But during [...]

I am so tired if hearing people complain about weather. What kind of lives do you live that you have to constantly complain to other people about weather?
I see this happening in two areas. First, friends and acquaintances are always complaining. And second, even TV and radio personalities have decided that snow is a bad [...]

Alright, I can’t claim authorship of that title. I stole it from Joel Stein’s article “And the Winner is…” in the Dec 22 issue of Time. And I’ll also admit that I pulled it out of context. But I do believe it.
In the article, Stein discusses the senate vote recount happening in Minnesota. But I’m [...]

Time Magazine is about to announce their Person of the Year for 2008. In each of the past several issues, they’ve asked four “prominent individuals” whom they would choose for Person of the Year. Here are the 16 choices from the four December issues of the magazine:
1 Kathleen Parker
1 U.S. Military
7 Barack Obama
2 Sarah Palin
1 [...]

I’ve been watching the story about GM, Ford and Chrysler closely for the past few weeks. All three automobile companies are experiencing some serious financial problems, and as such, are trying to convince the U.S. congress to bail them out. It looks like the companies are indeed going to receive some kind of help, though [...]

About 90 minutes ago, all major news networks called the U.S. presidential election, affirming that Sen. Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States.
Well, I did not vote for President-Elect Barack Obama. I simply disagree with his position on many issues, and I question whether he’ll be able to do many of [...]

I’m finally getting a chance to write about this story from July 4. July was a very busy month for me, but this story has been on my mind, and I can’t write about anything else until I share this with you.
Back on the 4th of July, our newspapers all around this great country ran [...]