February 17, 2017

Voting with their wallets

It's an age-old question: what's wrong with this picture? A few days ago, I captured an interesting moment that, in a single image, describes eloquently one of the most egregious violations of trust being perpetrated against the public. ...

August 29, 2016

Hillary's Emails: Soaked in Bleach

On April 8, 1994, Kurt Cobain, the revered frontman of grunge rock band Nirvana, was found dead at his home in Seattle, Washington.  His death was almost immediately ruled to be and was unanimously reported as a suicide, a self-inflicted gunshot...

October 26, 2014

Touch(ing) Down: Gabe White vs. Richard Dawkins

There has been ample coverage from various publications about Richard Dawkins’s recent shocking Twitter comment that, rather than carrying to term an unborn baby known to have Down Syndrome, the mother should “abort it and try again....

October 9, 2012

Romney vs. Obama: the Sound and the Fury

Watching the first presidential debate, I was struggling to figure out why this particular contest seemed so familiar to me.  It was only at the end that I realized I had seen it before. It was November 9, 1996.  I was hosting a viewing par...

March 27, 2011

Supernanny State

My wife and I used to watch the television program Supernanny.  In the series, world renowned childcare specialist Jo Frost spends a number of days working with families who are struggling with a wide array of family issues, from absentee father...