As a nation which likes to take the mantel as the leading democracy in the world, and often as the world’s conscience (if you can forget Abu Grahib and the unnecessary wars) and policeman (151 bases in 73 other countries, I have been told), how come we still rank 37th among industrialized nations in […]
HEALTH CARE, CONGRESS,
COURAGE, AND CONFLICT
Jul 26th, 2009 by Alan Miller in Economy, Congress, Health Care
WAS IT RACIAL PROFILING?
Jul 23rd, 2009 by Alan Miller in Uncategorized
A black Harvard professor is arrested inside his own home and charged with disorderly conduct. Was it racial profiling? Probably. Let’s face it, profiling exists.
Should President Obama, who wasn’t there and didn’t have all the facts or evidence before him, have kept his mouth shut? In this instance, unquestionably. If he wanted to […]
THE SAD END OF MICHAEL JACKSON
Jul 7th, 2009 by Alan Miller in Uncategorized
We seem to be a society so in need of idols that we can make heros out of tarnished individuals, no matter what their shortcomings. Michael Jackson was a songwriter and dancer — an entertainer — incredibly talented in his craft, perhaps unequaled since Elvis set the stage before his untimely demise.
Jackson was, […]
The GOP AND LONGEVITY
Jul 6th, 2009 by Alan Miller in Uncategorized
Did you ever get the impression that the national Republicans are engaged in their own version of “The Survivor”? Let’s see, there was Sen. John Ensign before the admission of the affair, Gov. Rick Perry before he wanted Texas to secede from the Union, Gov. Bobby Jindal who practised exorcisms, Gov. Mark Sanford who […]
There was a time when the Wall Street Journal was respected as an organ of journalism in the country — along with the NY Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor and others. Then Rupert Murdoch bought the WSJ, and there goes a century of reputation.
This is not to say the the Journal was […]
