I grew up in a small town named “Ridgecrest.” It got that name because, in 1943, people finally got tired of calling it Crumville. It may have been an improvement, but Ridgecrest never seemed to have much soul, or any real connection to the community or region. I remember a movement to change the...
I’m seeing this on Facebook a lot: this is too tragic to be trivialized. Meanwhile, even the New York Times is busting out headlines that shout “Nuclear Catastrophe!” I have opinions, and I did once work in the nuclear power industry. But I am not advocating anything (I don’t think). I just wish there...
On top of the reporting about one of the 5 most powerful earthquakes in recorded history, which has resulted in over 10,000 deaths and massive disruption in Japan, as well as Tsunamis that swept the pacific, we seem to be focusing on the nuclear power plants. Obviously there is a concern, and in relation...
Once again I’ve got “Give me back my little fish” stuck in my head. I’m not sure that’s the actual lyric, but it doesn’t matter. You know it, the McDonald’s fish song. Long John Silver tried to bust out with a new series of commercials that pretty much attack the McDonald’s Fillet O’ Fish...
I Love America. This includes many pieces of America that, taken individually, I don’t like so much. Some, I loath. But altogether, put it in a big pile, and I’ll keep it. Fight for it. Whatever. Here are just a sampling of the many pieces of America: Giant balls of twine and three-story lava-lamps,...
Sometimes I hear people describe criticism of Sarah Palin as “hate”. “All you liberals are hating on Sarah Palin!” It’s not hate, it’s patriotism. If you believe, as I do, that she is utterly unqualified, and that the country is in deep trouble, you have to believe that Palin is a threat to our...