Would this happen for Bush?
One man is the son of a former President who went on to become the President himself. He had a checkered early life with numerous arrests and alcohol problems. However, he was sober and more responsible by age 40 when he began to enter politics.
Another man is the son of a wealthy businessman and politician whose brother was President and other brother was a Senator and Attorney General and well on the way to becoming President before his assassination. He won his older brother’s former Senate seat a couple years after his brother was elected President and held onto it for nearly fifty years until his death. He continued to live a checkered life for decades, including killing a woman by driving off a bridge and not reporting the “accident” to authorities until after her body was found. Continue Reading »
Racial Profiling or Racial Whining?
The media sensationalism caused by police responding to a 911 call over a break-in has caused the media to go into a turning-criminal- into-victims frenzy.
National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” aired this piece by King Anyi Howell who whines that he is often pulled over and has his car searched by police because he is guilty of “driving while black”. However, buried in Mr. Howell’s tirade is an admission that he is often guilty of violating noise requirements, briefly admitting that after the cops leave he “[turns his] music back up”. Continue Reading »
Oldies but goodies
This is really just some housecleaning on my part, because I’ve been meaning to post these links for some time. (Back before I realized blogging alone was a terrible idea). I’m transferring links from my old blogs to have some more material for people to review if they choose– and to still use this thing for a little bit of personal promotion. (So if someone wants to hire me as a columnist, consider these my official writing samples!) Feel free to comment, despite the fact that some of this stuff is ancient.
Individualist generation defies stereotyping - The (Bergen) Record; July 23, 2008
Czechs look West for allies - National Security Online Resource Center (NSCORC); written July 2009 (published March 19, 2009)
Why student press needs independent funding - The (Bergen) Record; March 27, 2009
Watchmen Review: Rorschach to the rescue - NSORC; March 30, 2009
The Amish are watching you
I came across this interesting article in the Philadelphia Inquirer today.
The article states the city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, home of 55,000 people in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country, has installed 165 surveillance cameras around town to watch its citizens in case they commit any crimes. Continue Reading »
Write off 2012?
When Mark Sanford was caught going to Argentina to visit his mistress, the media widely reported the downfall of a potential 2012 Republican presidential candidate. That got me thinking–why bother focusing so much on the 2012 presidential election since the Republicans are almost certain to lose?
Despite Congress’s best efforts to derail the Democratic Party, the media is still in infatuated with Obama. It’s pretty much going to take the President being caught in bed with a dead girl or a live boy for this to change. Continue Reading »
