Halfway There

Simplicio takes the bait I am not, nor have I ever been, a fan of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna. After this week, how...

An insanity plea might work The collective irrationality of today's right-wing pundits makes it relatively easy to be a comparatively sa...

Really, really, really stupid Conservative acquaintances sometimes accuse me of not listening to both sides of the political arguments of th...

Will Obama be 45? Everyone is anticipating the swearing-in on Tuesday of Barack Obama as our 44th president. Three years ago, however, I con...

Easier than studying A large community college in northern California is getting a lot of negative ink in the local press. The news broke ea...

An old scam in a new bottle I can remember when the Nigerian scam used to arrive in my post office box, not my e-mail. (In fact, I didn...

Identities confused & abused Someone borrowed my niece's identity last year. "Becky" gave up her mail box at the local pos...