The Oath of Office

The Oath of Office

Newly elected congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minn) is the first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress. Good for him. He joins the hundreds of Christians, Jews, Mormons, Atheists and Agnostics who have served in this body through the years. Thing is, Mr....
Get Out and Vote. Then Shut Up.

Get Out and Vote. Then Shut Up.

Tomorrow is Mid-Term Election Day of Unimaginable Importance all across this wonderful land of ours. I think I speak for everyone when I say, “THANK GOD IT’S OVER.”Now, I’m fairly politically aware. I even swing to the side of the aisle not usually occupied by my...

Remembering 9/11

Today marks the fifth anniversary of 9/11/2001. But I will leave it to others to report and opine upon what this day represents. Instead, I offer a little bit of happiness as to what 9/11 means to me. Not 9/11/2001, but 9/11/2002. The day I met my wife. One of the...
Comrades in Peckishness

Comrades in Peckishness

Let’s face it: Hunger strikes rock. Few things in the history of mankind have evoked more political change than hunger strikes. Just take Gandhi’s famous fasts promoting Indian independence from colonial power Great Britain. And then there’s, uhhh,...