All of this talk about deficit reduction talks and debt ceilings got me to thinking; why the hell can't those fools in Washington figure this thing out? Then I realized that it's because once a politician gets elected, he spends the rest of his term trying to get re-elected...
In honor of the 25th anniversary of the MLK holiday, here is a collection of my favorite Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes. The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it...
Sorry I haven't been around for the past month. I'm working on a bunch of unrelated projects for 2011. I'm also working on a few things for EiH, so don't worry, I'm not going anywhere. In the wake of the Establishment's response to Wikileaks, much discussion has been...
[caption id="attachment_4051" align="alignright" width="144" caption="Joseph Ambrose, WWI vet, holding the flag that covered his son's casket, who was killed in the Korean War."] [/caption] On this day in 1918, at 11 AM, World War I finally ended and the guns fell silent...
These midterm elections have been so poisoned by partisan politics that all political discourse in this country is now so incredibly toxic that it's impossible to carry on a civil, intelligent discussion anymore. It's sickening and sad, and even in the aftermath of the...
Want to win a copy of this book? Find out how at the end of this review. Due to a separated shoulder and unhealthy addiction to Angry Birds I've had to put off my review of the text version of America the Story of Us. Well, I've finally beaten my addiction and can render...
Today is Election Day in America, and while it should be as revered as any other holiday, it's not. We simply take for granted that we have the privilege to vote. You're probably wondering about my word choice, but voting is not a right, it is in fact a privilege, which...
For the first half of the 20th century, polio was the most frightening public health issue in the United States. Unlike recent public health panics over SARS, bird flu, and swine flu, polio actually had a devastating effect on the health of the nation. For example, the...
On October 26, 1861 the Pony Express ceased operations after only 18 months in existence. For those 18 months, though, it was the most direct line of communication across North America reducing the time to deliver a message between New York and California to a mere 10...
