Addendum ...

AS as matter of common sense, we can't treat foreign visitors trying to enter this country as if they're all would-be terrorists and then expect to readily host an international event of the magnitude of the Olympic Games. I think the U.S. Travel Association is more right than wrong.

Friday, October 2, 2009

OHMYGOSH, now I know for sure that someone is praying for me. Why am I not feeling blessed?

MEANWHILE, here's how the Swiss do health care — it's not government-run — but U.S. doctors probably wouldn't like it much because it's regulator/insurer run.

Thursday, October 1, 2009

SLOWLY, too slowly, intelligence can prevail over ignorance. Thus, this essay by Air Force Col. Om Prakash, winner of the 2009 Secretary of Defense National Security Essay competition.

The essay was published in the Joint Force Quarterly, the official publication of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It's title: "The Efficacy of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.' " Efficacy? Nope, there isn't any.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

YES, young lady, too many people think it's cool to be stupid. Tell us about it.

Sunday, September 27,2009

"BEING young and gay is no longer an automatic prescription for a traumatic childhood," writes Benoit Denizet-Lewis in the New York Times Magazine. It's a hopeful sign when, even gradually, knowledge and intelligence overcome ignorance.

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