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Let me first say that I still have not seen President Obama’s speech to our nation tonight. We’re decided to make it a “homework night” around here, so the television is off. However, I have already seen one clip from the speech, involving the unbecoming behavior of Representative Joe Wilson of South Carolina. Rep. Wilson […]
Read MoreI haven’t written much about the death of Senator Ted Kennedy. Today was his funeral in Boston and graveside service at Arlington Cemetery. We had a busy personal day with a whole series of activities that kept us away from the television for most of it. But one moment we happened to see really captured […]
Read MoreSince Health Care is in the news, and since some folks who commented on my blog yesterday seem hungry for a serious discussion of the issues, I remembered a blog I wrote last year on Health Care and the Federal Government. You can find it here. Why it took me two months of current national […]
Read MoreSet aside your beliefs about health care for a moment. Friends, things are getting out of hand with respect to respect for the President. Things are getting out of hand with respect to the things people are saying about Barack Obama. Things are getting out of hand with respect to their actions. I have written […]
Read MoreRueben Navarrette spent several years here in North Texas as a commentator for the Morning News. He’s now based in San Diego. I have not always agreed with everything he’s written, and often found myself arguing with him when he was here. But this essay about what it was like for him –and what it […]
Read MoreSome of you will remember my undying love and passion for hybrid cars. I think they are very very cool machines, represent an incredible technology, and are a real and tangible way to save the planet and win the war on terror. If those claims sound like overly dramatic to you, you can read this […]
Read MoreThis morning, as I read additional reports about the raid on the Rainbow Room in Fort Worth I am becoming more, not less, troubled. There are deeply troubling questions that remain unanswered…. 1) Why conduct this raid on the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall uprising??My GLBT friends are rightly concerned about the timing, as are […]
Read MoreRight around New Year’s, I switched from coffee to tea. So, if anybody is truly looking to send some tea anywhere, please let me know. I’d be happy to take it off your hands and put it to good use. Please feel free to use my contact page here to get my information so that […]
Read MoreAre you surprised that on MLK Day, and the day before Obama’s inauguration, I would be drawn to folk music? Hope not. Because there are a couple of folk songs that seem to frame my feelings on this day. The first is called “Rosa Sat,” and it’s written and performed by Chicago singersongwriter, Amy Dixon-Kolar. […]
Read MoreRichie Havens updates his version of the great song. Happy New Year, everyone… Please visit Eric’s original blog here: http://www.wheneftalks2.blogspot.com/
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