11 Articles

Sunday, December 9, 2007
I Am Egg. Hear Me Roar.
The subject of when life begins is a sticky one. (Sorry). With God remaining typically silent on the issue and humans left to grapple with the conjuring of earthly definitions, a questions posed by the Colorado ballot measure that would grant the status of legal personhood to a fetilized egg are sure to be many.

Friday, September 21, 2007
A Gathering of Smeagols
(5 comments) It wasn't the Eagles who had landed in Washington, DC last weekend. It was the Smeagols, there to kick a little ass and reclaim their "precisoussss".

Thursday, July 12, 2007
Lions and Tigers and Bears. Oh My!
(5 comments) For over half a decade now George Bush, Dick Cheney and Condoleeza Rice have: like Dorothy, Scarecrow, and the Tin Man: pointed to unseen things that lurk in the shadows of the American imagination. "Lions and Tigers and Bears. Oh My!" Except, instead of the man-eating jungle animals the chant arising from the trio has been terrorists, terrorists; terrorists. But a new ululation has begun to usurp the old.

Monday, July 9, 2007
The Cardinal Lesson
Military leadership isn't just about winning the war. It's about learning from the past.

Monday, July 2, 2007
FedEx Stories
(2 comments) If you watch enough television you've no doubt see the commercials touting the stories of loyal Federal Express employees who have gone above and beyond the call of duty in delivery services for appreciative customers worldwide. Here's a FedEx story you won't see.

Saturday, June 16, 2007
The Horror
(1 comments) There's so much bad news these days surrounding the disastrous wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that reading the news is like cherry picking from the a diseased tree – the fruit's all rotten.

Saturday, December 23, 2006
The Way Forward
(1 comments) "The way forward is to succeed in Iraq" President Bush told the nation on December 11, 2006. A short drive through parts of Detroit or New Orleans should make him think more about the way forward here in the homeland.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006
Road to Nowhere
(1 comments) A Drive through Detroit's east side can be a frightening experience for the uninitiated.

Sunday, December 3, 2006
Drug Wars; Time to Put Down the Shovel
(7 comments) A look at how the "war on drugs" causes more harm than good in America and a challenge to Americans to call for its end.

Thursday, November 30, 2006
The Prospect of Rejection
Veterans, especially Vietnam veterans, stand up and speak out against the war in Iraq

Thursday, November 30, 2006
Kevorkian Reconsidered
Reconsideration of Jack Kevorkian and the fact that he is still in prison for assisted suicide. A darkly humorous consideration of his life and eventual imprisonment with that of several political and corporate figures who have been instumental in the premature deaths of so many Americans by selling death in tobacco, alcohol, and war