| Jun 27, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyI like the Fourth of July. Almost everyone does. Friends and neighbors gathered in parks and back yards throughout the nation, sharing food and drink and happy thoughts in a festive atmosphere. What’s not to like? Well the patriotic claptrap, of course. That I...
| | Rights / DemocracyWhen Texas became a republic in 1836, its constitution banned “ministers of the gospel” from holding any political office. Our problem these days, however, isn’t ministers in office, but politicians posing as ministers, seizing the pulpit to preach...
| | Environment / HealthGlobal warming’s All a plot; Can’t be coal That makes us hot. If a meteor were headed for Earth, there would be saturation media coverage. Little else would occupy the headlines. Schemes to deflect the collision would dominate the news. Well, the...
| Jun 20, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyI recently wrote a column suggesting that my “lamestream media” colleagues give Michele Bachmann more love. As the most Republican of the Republican candidates, she deserved more attention, I said. They took me seriously. In the recent New Hampshire GOP...
| | Environment / HealthIf some predator were stalking fourth graders in your community, there’d be a mighty uproar to make the predator get away and stay away from your schools. But what if the stalker were the coal industry, dressed in an academic outfit in a gambit to brainwash...
