| Feb 15, 2010 | Peace / SecurityThough our terrorists Have mean intent; Our biggest danger’s From dissent. Made it again. Onto and off of a plane, that is. Not everyone does. Immigration authorities held two members of my recent delegation to Haiti for hours. There was no clear reason for that and...
| Feb 8, 2010 | Environment / HealthWhen I lay me, own to die; The church won’t let me, Pass on by. Have you heard about the Belgians? They now allow assisted suicide. Takers have quickly risen to two percent of the failing population. The Swiss too have developed a relaxed view of dying. Their...
| | Economy / BusinessYou can knock us Americans down, but you can’t keep us down. For example, the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City were crashed to the ground on 9/11. But now, a new tower is rising from those very ashes—a soaring steel and glass monument...
| | Economy / BusinessI don’t know why people, even smart people, keep saying that bankers and the rest of the Wall Street crowd don’t get it. Dana Milbank, writing in The Washington Post, said it just the other week after Lloyd Blankfein, the Goldman Sachs chairman, testified...
| Feb 1, 2010 | Environment / HealthDried up lakes, Can use some aid; Need much more, Than “Cap and Trade.” More than 190 nations have now agreed: Climate Change is bad and we ought to do something about it…let’s meet again someday to decide what. Naturally, low-lying islands...
