5
Feb
2012

List of Articles


Date Title
01-06-12Betraying The Constitution
12-22-11The War’s Not Over
11-11-11How Should We Apply Morality?
09-12-11What We Have Become
08-10-11The Value of the Moral High Ground
08-03-11A Tough Week To Be A Progressive
07-22-11Selling His Soul
07-21-11The Truth About The Deficit
07-21-11A Day That Will Live In Infamy
07-15-11Pontius Pilate of the 21st Century
06-26-11War and Ethics
06-21-11When PTSD Calls
06-14-11Islamophobia
05-26-11Back to Square Two
05-02-11A Bitter Cup of Justice
04-24-11Lamentations of a Struggling Author
04-10-11What Is Just War Theory?
03-25-11The Book Title
03-23-11Why I Decided to Write the Book
03-21-11Why I've Gone Silent
02-22-11No Longer My Brother’s Keeper
02-16-11The Right’s View of Democracy
12-20-10Hope and Football
12-17-10The Senate and Christmas
11-18-10Finally - A Triumph for American Justice
11-09-10Complain? Yes. Solutions? No, But a Lotta Lies.
10-05-10Down the Rabbit Hole
09-29-10FED UP
09-26-10A Worthless Pledge
09-17-10Teetering on the Brink
07-15-10A Time to Try the Soul
06-28-10The Temerity of Corporate Greed
05-28-10The Mad Hatter's Tea Party
04-25-10Distortions in the Ether
02-22-10What's It All Worth?
02-14-10Wanted: The Great Compromiser
02-08-10Guilty Until Proven Innocent
12-20-09Merry Christmas 2009
11-04-09Shaped By War
10-31-09Needed: Stimulus Plan for Education
10-29-09No, Obama Is Not Going to "Give Away America"
10-19-09Attempted Rape of American Justice
09-27-09When They Come, Will There Be No One Left to Speak?
09-23-09The Day the Music Died, Part Deux
09-03-09The Curse of the Death Penalty Comes Home to Roost
08-26-09Once Upon a Time
08-23-09Right Wing Terrorism
08-20-09Love Minus Zero/No Limit
08-19-09Rescuing the First Amendment
08-16-09The Right's Soylent Green Fear Mongering
08-10-09Thunder Road Anthology
08-01-09Moral Charade
07-21-09When Did Doing the Right Thing Become So Difficult?
07-11-09What Have We Really Accomplished?
07-10-09Ghost of Wars Past
07-04-09Independence Day
07-02-09Wrestling with Disappointment
06-21-09Farewell to Friends
06-09-09Let the Torturing Begin
06-08-09Changing Tactics for the Middle East
06-02-09Hammer, Bell and Song
06-01-09Why God Invented C-SPAN
05-02-09David Souter - Giant Jurist
04-28-09In Pursuit of Accountability
04-25-09"Bad Faith" Reasoning
04-05-09Danger of the GOP's Demise
03-22-09The GOP's Same Ol' Same Ol'
03-07-09Wanted: Immediate Results
02-26-09Tax Cut Politicization
02-10-09"No Thanks" to Patriotism; Pass the Partisanship, Please
02-09-09Will They Ever Get It?
01-28-09Backdrop to the Obama Presidency:
Time to Come Clean
01-26-09Backdrop to the Obama Presidency:
Moving Forward
01-20-09Backdrop to the Obama Presidency:
A Shot at Redemption
01-15-09Bush's 'Hell Freezes Over' Good-bye Tour
01-14-09Hubris In; Hubris Out
01-08-09Backdrop to the Obama Presidency:
Grasping at Straws
01-01-09How'd Bush Do?
12-29-08Backdrop to the Obama Presidency:
Restoring the Balance
12-14-08Backdrop to the Obama Presidency:
Whence Now?
12-12-08Backdrop to the Obama Presidency:
Opportunity to Atone
12-11-08Acknowledging Responsibility
12-10-08Eternal Truth
12-09-08Let's Charge the Real Culprits
11-22-08Backdrop to the Obama Presidency:
Obama v. Clinton
11-16-08Backdrop to the Obama Presidency:
No Recession for Racism
11-15-08Backdrop to the Obama Presidency:
The Imperial Presidency
11-12-08Wingnuts, Inc.
11-11-08Veteran's Day Reflections
11-10-08Backdrop to the Obama Presidency:
Liberalism, Conservatism and Right-Wing Radicalism
11-08-08Backdrop to the Obama Presidency:
Barack Obama's Top Priority: The Rule of Law and America's World Leadership
11-07-08Backdrop to the Obama Presidency
11-05-08Camelot II?
10-26-08Presidential Ignorance
10-24-08First, Understand the Job
10-11-08The Tarnished Warrior
10-10-08It Comes Down to One Answer
10-02-08Coming Soon to Anytown, USA
10-01-08John McCain and Your Healthcare Dollar
09-28-08Why We Should Be Very Afraid
09-27-08The First Presidential Debate
09-15-08The Constitution According to McCain
09-15-08Can You Spell Stepford?
09-13-08Bottom Line - Are You Better Off in 2008 Than You Were in 2000?
09-11-08Ten Statements Sarah Palin Should Be Required to Make
09-08-08Another Kind of Hero
08-30-08"...but I was a POW"
08-15-08Lies, Half Truths and Damned Lies
08-12-08Why Has Freedom of the Press Become an Illusion?
08-07-08Of Grief, Pain and Hope
07-30-08In Need of Soul Searching
07-22-08How Far Can We Fall?
07-13-08Tattered, Torn and Tarnished
07-10-08Constitutional Usurpation
07-09-08Open Letter to Barack Obama
06-20-08Why Are We So Afraid?
06-18-08The High Price of Torture
05-31-08Lost Vets
05-02-08The Real Danger of Another Republican President
04-20-08Why America Needs Barack Obama
03-29-08The Case Against John McCain
11-17-07Lessons in Courage: The Passing of a Friend
08-31-07How to Speak On That About Which You Know Nothing
08-28-07Wanted: American Patriot
07-12-07Question the Value of Guns as Protection, Please
06-26-07The Face of Evil
06-22-07Early Morning Excursion
06-20-07The Difficulty of Being an Optimist
05-28-07Memoriam: The Men of Battery A
05-26-07Tactical Capitulation
05-19-07The Pain of Displacement
05-18-07Where Have All the Leaders Gone? - Lee Iacocca
05-17-07Abandoning the Golden Rule
05-15-07Incompetence and Job Security
05-09-07The Unraveling of America
05-05-07Aftermath
05-02-07What Price Immorality?
05-01-07The Three-Legged Stool of Campus Violence
03-13-07We've Lost; We Just Don't See It
03-06-07Where Have All The Flowers Gone?
02-28-07New Level of Obscenity
02-25-07A Modicum of Compassion
02-21-07Dick Cheney as "Spin Doctor"
02-14-07What Will Be The Outcome Of The Next Real Terrorist Attack?
02-12-07The Peaceful Majority
02-11-07The Iraqi War - Beyond Failure
02-05-07Shredding the Constitution
02-03-07If the Numbers Look Bad, Then Change Them
01-30-07Requiem for a Hero
01-27-07Foundations For Democracy
01-24-07Violating the Presidential Oath of Office
01-22-07More Bush Misdirection
12-21-06Overhauling Our Educational System
12-17-06Holiday Happenings and Musings
12-09-06Bush's Isolation on Iraq
12-08-06Transitions and Reflections
11-29-06Milestone
11-18-06A Different Quagmire
11-11-06America's Resilience
11-08-06The Day After
11-04-06The Narcissist And The Environment
11-03-06The Real Issues
10-24-06Bush Versus Civil Liberties
10-22-06What This War Needs Is A Good Protest
10-21-06Politics of Fear
10-15-06Which Way You Goin' Billy?
10-04-06Lower Gas Prices? - Reductio ad absurdum
10-03-06Loss of Soul
10-01-06Facts Can Be Confusing
08-19-06Of Dictatorships and Freedom
08-16-06Writer's Block
08-05-06A Look At the Numbers
07-28-06The Right To Bear Arms
07-26-06I Like Words
07-25-06Middle East Negotiations - Bush Style
07-23-06Who Pays the Price When Grownups Behave Badly?
07-20-06How Many "u"s in Scrabble?
07-19-06Inconvenience
07-18-06Voice From the Past
07-18-06"You All"
07-17-06So Now It's Lebanon
07-16-06Lewis Grizzard
07-15-06The Head Butt
07-13-06Re: The Threat We Face As a Nation
07-13-06Why I Started This Journal
07-13-06About Me