In this new-media world, it’s probably difficult to imagine that there are people who still have “water-cooler” chats about the latest exposé on 60 Minutes the way others do about the latest performances on American Idol, Dancing with Stars or Britain’s Got Talent. But I happen to be among the TV-watching luddites in this case. Indeed,… Read more.
Archives for May 2009
Jack Kemp, football quarterback, political visionary, is dead
It is probably politically incorrect to say that Jack Kemp’s life was distinguished more by its failures than by its accomplishments. But this is undeniably the case. Granted, he was a superstar quarterback who led the Buffalo Bills to AFL Championships in 1964 and 1965. And he was a nine-term congressman from New York who… Read more.
Ironically, swine flu might wipe out pork-barrel legislation
UPDATE: Swine flu causing more panic than pandemic
Reprinted from Caribbean Net News caribbeannetnews.com Published on Friday, May 1, 2009 By Anthony L. Hall On Tuesday, I published a commentary entitled Swine flu is causing more panic than pandemic – in which I asserted that we have far more to fear from the hysteria being spread by government officials and news reporters than… Read more.