Feb 7, 2012
I m back, having had a wonderful vacation of seven days in the Caribbean and having the special experience of going through the Panama Canal, which the American Society of Civil Engineers includes on its list of seven wonders of the modern world. I traversed it by entering...
Jan 26, 2012
In The New York Times of Jan. 24 is an article headlined, 2 Palestinian Legislators Are Arrested in East Jerusalem Protest.
The article reported, Israel arrested two Palestinian legislators affiliated with Hamas as they staged a protest in the offices of the...
Jan 23, 2012
I don t believe class conflict is harmful to our country, as long as it is limited to elections. It is also helpful if the charges made by both sides in this conflict are factually correct.
The Republicans are the party of the wealthy. Its membership, however, is made up...
Jan 17, 2012
Recognizing that Iran and its leaders are a grave danger to the world, why would anyone be distressed at the killing of an Iranian scientist who was working to create a nuclear bomb?
Iran now has ballistic missiles capable of reaching Europe. Long ago, Iran developed the...
Jan 12, 2012
There are legislators and members of the media who believe that if participation in a government program like food stamps requires fingerprinting, the beneficiary of the program is stigmatized.
I think that is ridiculous. Every member of the armed forces is fingerprinted,...
Jan 9, 2012
Ethanol is produced from some agricultural products. It is a form of alcohol which is added to regular gasoline in order to make us less reliant on foreign supplies of oil, from which gasoline is derived.
The subsidy to create ethanol was first provided 30 years ago and...
Jan 3, 2012
A really interesting decision of a federal appeals court in Atlanta, Georgia, was reported in The New York Times of December 28, 2011.
An employee at a Tyson chicken plant sued the company alleging racial discrimination and seeking damages for the act of a plant manager...
Dec 30, 2011
The New York Times editorial of Dec. 26 titled A Living Wage, Long Overdue supports legislation pending before the City Council to require developers receiving public subsidies of $1 million or more to pay to the holders of full-time jobs a living wage.
This wage is...