Listening to WLW (a local AM talk radio station) the other night, I happened to catch an interview with Paul Wertheimer about the Wal-Mart tragedy. Wertheimer is an expert in crowd management. His career began after the 1979 Who concert in Cincinnati when he was appointed chief of staff of […]

Brian Williams interviewed Sarah Palin and John McCain the other night on the NBC nightly news. He asked about her definition of “terrorism” with respect to Bill Ayers and my favorite question: What is an “elite” and who is a member of the “elites”? Palin’s answer: People who think they’re […]

To paraphrase an NPR announcer I overheard this morning: A sure sign that a crisis is occurring is when you are trying to figure out things you never thought you’d care about. In the interest of “knowledge is power” and “knowing is half the battle,” I thought I’d post a […]

Dear Democrats, I’m not sure if you realize this, but Republicans handed you a fantastic opportunity today by not passing the Wall Street bailout bill. Facing pressure from constituents, 2/3 of Republicans failed to back the bill. Here’s the political end-game they are playing and how this works to your […]

In the midst of what has been called the “worst economic crisis in our nation since the Great Depression,” it’s time to take a deep breath and step back from all the party blame. Both sides are so busy blaming the other that the real underlying cause is being ignored. […]

Why don’t we simply make the $700 billion available to banks that didn’t make risky bets on subprime loans? Wouldn’t rewarding those banks that made good investments make more sense to help out our economy than bailing out those who made bad financial decisions? The financial system would not collapse […]

The power has been out in much of Southwestern Ohio this week and that may have been a blessing for many people as they didn’t have to watch the collapse and subsequent bailout of Wall Street. Lehman Brothers goes under and the government has to step in to rescue insurance […]

Liberals are bad. Very bad. But Republicans need to reach out across the aisle to them. But first, they must call them names and blame them for everything that is wrong with America. Republicans want change too. Even though they’ve been in charge for the past eight years. Apparently they […]

Something kept bothering me the other day as I listened to an interview on NPR discussing the evidence in the Bruce Ivins anthrax case. I thought about it and thought about it and then it hit me what it was: I didn’t believe the story. Now bear with me for […]

In honor of Thomas Frank’s new book, The Wrecking Crew: How Conservatives Rule, here are 12 questions Republicans can’t answer. I’d suggest using them sparingly. Perhaps between pigs-in-a-blanket at a cocktail party. Perhaps in response to the latest label someone tries to slap on Barack Obama (Muslim, Reverend Wright associate, […]