The Mosque at Ground Zero The “mosque at Ground Zero” isn’t. It isn’t a mosque and it isn’t at Ground Zero. Or at least that’s what I’ve heard. Whether it’s a mosque or a Muslim cultural center or whatever, a map in one report clearly showed the proposed structure is three blocks from Ground Zero. … Continue reading Summer news snooze
Arizona is getting a lot of negative publicity these days, mostly because of their recently passed anti–illegal immigration law (SB 1070 and amendment). I’ve no problem with that law and see it as little different from typical seat-belt laws — you don’t get busted for not wearing your seat belt unless you are stopped first … Continue reading Much ado about Arizona
Yesterday I heard a really troubling update on that story about the California students who were sent home for wearing the American flag on Cinco de Mayo. I first wrote about it in “Tail starting to wag the dog in U.S.“ For starters, the principal who sent the kids home has admitted that doing so was … Continue reading We are not Borg
The media try and for the most part succeed in not mentioning it. The politicians in Washington can’t afford to say it, even if they think it. And most Americans, if asked, probably wouldn’t admit it publicly. So I’ll throw it out here and see if it flies: Some, maybe a lot, of the viciousness … Continue reading Speaking the unspeakable
Just a little addendum to my sunflower post a few days ago … Trying to identify the smaller thistle-like plant growing beneath the sunflowers, I looked up “niger seed,” a fine, black bird seed I’d always thought was from a thistle. As it turns out, the seed is not from a thistle. It’s not even … Continue reading PC silliness
President Obama put his foot in it the other day when asked about the incident with Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., a black man, and the Cambridge police. Obama acknowledged first that he didn’t know all the facts of the case. And that’s where he should have stopped. But then he went on to … Continue reading Obama himself ‘acted stupidly’
