The Matrix

Rosa Parks is not just the African American hero. She is the hero of everyone that feels oppressed and cut down by forces they have little control over. She showed us that a simple act of courage in an obsure circumstance can have a ripple effect that is not only local or national, […]

President Bush would not sign the Kyoto protocol for the United States. Apparently the reason is that it would put too much burden on the oil industry to clean up their act. Guess whose money put Bush in?
Bush’s buddy, Philip Cooney, was at one time a lobbyist for the oil industry. Bush brought […]

Judith Miller heads to jail - but is she really a martyr to the freedom of the press?
Miller has a tendency to jump the gun, and perhaps the most famous example is her reporting of the “weapons of mass destruction” articles in the The New York Times of 2002 and 2003:
http://newyorkmetro.com/nymetro/news/media/features/9226/
These were based on […]

Those decisions by the Supreme Court are really bad - I just don’t have confidence in the Court. Zero. Zip.
The good news, however, is that the Supreme Court will wrap its work in a few days, and probably at that point one or more are expected to retire. At that point President Bush will […]

I use an Internet phone. Long distance calls are free, international calls are very low cost. Our business phone with Qwest was about 63 dollars a month. Our Internet phone (which is actually better quality) is only about $42 a month. If it were only a home phone, it would be about $15 a month. […]

When you participate in your government - by letters, phone calls, emails, and blogs, you are embracing the true concept of democracy. When you don’t participate, you are following visions and goals set by others to a future set by others - one with which you may not agree.
Here is a great resource for getting […]