Commentary on social issues that do not necessarily have economic or political ramifications
Without a doubt, Joe Paterno is one of the greatest — and most decent — college football coaches of all time. Which is why it is a double tragedy that he failed to act on the one occasion when it would have made a real difference. Read more →
According to the grand jury indictment, it was a regular house of horrors: The clinic reeked of animal urine, courtesy of the cats that were allowed to roam (and defecate) freely. Furniture and blankets were stained with blood. Instruments were not properly sterilized. Disposable medical supplies were not disposed of; they were reused, over and … Read more The hidden truths, the hidden lies
It’s Christmas morning and my thoughts are on giving. And about who gives and who doesn’t. It might surprise you — though it doesn’t surprise me — to learn that those who are loudest in trumpeting their compassion toward their fellow-man, namely liberals, “progressives”, social democrats or whatever you want to call them, turn out … Read more Where their heart is
Simon Property Group which, according to its website, is the “largest public U. S. real estate company”, has made it clear that it doesn’t want pro-freedom people on its property. At least, that’s the message the company has sent in two of its actions in the past month. This week, the Charlotte, NC, station News … Read more Boycott Simon Property Group
Wouldn’t you know it? Exactly one month after I wrote here about the common thread in the vicious attacks on Sarah Palin and Carrie Prejean, they both get slimed on the same day. Gov. Palin was visiting New York to help raise funds for a charity for special needs children, and while there took in … Read more Palin, Parker and Prejean — again