I mean Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was recently asked a question regarding “Arab lands” in Israel. The PM’s response was that there was no such thing because, “It’s our land”. People much smarter than me have rendered up answers to the question and I was particularly careful to ignore all of them – [...]

THE PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE POVERTY: FROM THE NATIONAL WELFARE RIGHTS UNION. At a recent retreat/conference of the NWRU, the following eight position points were drafted and unanimously voted upon. We respectfully submit them to the Presidential Candidates as the foundation on which to start dismantling poverty in the U.S. The National Welfare Rights Union also [...]

(And why the Beatles will be forgotten by 2064) I hate popular music. Since I met and married Rachel – the Center Of My Universe and the Reason For My Existence – I have been subjected to a particular genre of popular music each morning as she and I drive to some useless location in [...]

In 2000, Walt Disney Studios released “Remember the Titans”, the story of  Coach Herman Boone (played by Denzel Washington) and his first year as head football coach at T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia.  One of the things that makes this a great movie is that it never overtly states the movie’s theme:  [...]

In a recent piece in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, columnist Jay Bookman praised greed the way I am going to praise Jay Bookman.  Mr. Bookman is an artful wordsmith; his prose is always a pleasure to read, marred only by the fact that his ideas are usually rubbish.  I believe that I have complimented Mr. Bookman [...]