Recent Entries
If My Mother Only Knew Then...
what she learned years later, she might have accepted earlier what was then the unacceptable. I recall when, in the early Thirties, my mother an... read more
A Lot of Hot Ayres
It is startling that what we are witnessing in the Ayres/Obama controversy is a redux of the 1950's witch hunting against communists conducted by Sena... read more
Our Affair With Foreign Affairs
The penultimate debate on Tuesday evening between Obama and McCain revealed that on the domestic front they both did not talk straight, and on the for... read more
Saving the System, Not....
the country. That is what is at the basis of the Bush and Paulson plan. One Republican, in opposing the plan, said it would "betray party princi... read more
Of Mavericks and Politicians
If elitism is a pejorative word, is "maverick" an exemplary one? For a number of years now, Senator McCain has been referred to as a maver... read more
Capitalism Under the Gun
This is the most perilous time in our history since 1929. The earth is slipping from under us: foreclosures are up in record numbers, we are tri... read more
Elitism
In the current issue of NEWSWEEK, (SEPT. 29), Sam Harris wrote: "Ask yourself: how has "elitism" become a bad word in American politics?" ... read more
The Only Thing We Have to Fear...
is the politicians who send us to war. How many of the "enemy" do we have to kill before we win? Each war we have participated in, we have... read more
The Dumbing Down of America
I well recall the charge leveled many years ago that schools were "dumbing down" education by using textbooks with simplified vocabulary and sen... read more
What's It All About, Alfie?
The financial institutions of the United States are splitting at the seams. Bear Stearns collapsed; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been b... read more
