According to Fox News, Mel Gibson may have a problem with Jews — he says that they’re responsible for all the wars, they’ve inflated the number of dead in the Holocaust, etc. But Gibson likes one Jewish person a lot.
Month: August 2006
Moral Madness
As usual, Victor Davis Hanson writes an excellent editorial in the National Review about the lack of consistent moral direction. I’ve excerpted some of the key paragraphs below: Our present generation too is on the brink of moral insanity. That
Interesting Photo
The picture below is a photo of my family from our visit in 2001…
Hezbollah’s PR Machine
Clifford May, a former New York Times foreign correspondent writes in National Review, “… give Hezbollah, Syria, Iran, and other Islamist fascists credit: They understand the perverse psychology of their enemies, the infidels. They know how to confuse us, how
Democrats Without Direction
You may be aware that three-term incumbent Joe Lieberman and Edward “Ned” Lamont will vie for the title of Connecticut’s Democrat Senatorial Candidate in that state’s primary next Tuesday. Even though Lieberman was the Democrat’s Vice Presidential candidate in 2000
Strange & Useless Facts
1. A quarter has 119 grooves on its edge, a dime has one less groove. 2. A typical double mattress contains as many as two million house dust mites. 3. Approximately 68% of consumers receiving junk mail actually open the
The Story Behind Social Security
This little story was sent to me from Mark Clower. Neither he nor I can vouch for its accuracy, but it’s interesting reading: Here is a little history on the Social Security Program. Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social
Politics and Reality
Stephen Colbert recently interviewed Washington DC’s shadow member of Congress, Eleanor Holmes Norton. The YouTube web site has the very funny video, especially the part where Colbert argues with Norton about discrimination, sexual harassment, etc.
Power Vacation in Italy
I haven’t been posting on the Blog for the last week, because we just did a six day “power vacation” in Italy… We saw many of the sights in Rome – we went to see the Coliseum, Forum, Arch of
Break Point – Spadea Tennis Diary
When I first heard of the book “Break Point“, I thought it was going to be a “tell-all” story with a revealing, behind-the-scenes commentary on professional tennis (the Jose Conseco book on tennis). While he does have comments about many