Umpire John Roberts

When you are an umpire and the batter hits a foul ball you are supposed to call it foul. It … More

What Do We Do Now?

The word “Polio” was once among the most frightening words a parent could hear. Children who had been perfectly healthy … More

Pointless Argument

The former NFL football player, Bubba Smith, died this week. After his football career he acted in the Police Academy … More

Budget Vaporware

Actual products have virtues and faults. Promised products are perfect. In the computer industry, machinery (hardware) and programs (software), as … More

The Real War

The Animal Planet cable network has been running the program Whale Wars. The show traces the action of a group … More

Dis-Union Movement

From its beginnings, the union movement has worked on the principle of unity or solidarity. Union leaders recognized that they … More

Fire and the Wheel

The first two major inventions, or skills, mankind acquired were fire and the wheel. The first epitomizes the ability to … More

Where to Cut

President Obama named a “Deficit Commission” headed by Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson. They failed to come up with the … More

Us and Them

I cannot recall a period in my life when there has been such a strong sense of “Us and Them.” … More

Clean and Dirty

Political choices and policies have consequences. The choices made in the last 40 years have had serious consequences for the … More