Semantics. I spent most of my college years dealing with the semantics of language, both in class and on stage. It’s an interest that has remained with me, an observation that I can’t shut off. Sure, I hear what you’re saying, but what do you really mean? Do you even know yourself? And when I…

Today’s New York Times has an article worth-reading called “Imagining a $7-a-Gallon Future.” While the article calms some fears about the end of oil as we know it, the prescient history of our addictive resource is worth remembering. After World War I, the American government’s top oil expert predicted a coming “gasoline famine.” One solution…

It’s on. Air America Radio. Radio from the left. No Atlanta stations are carrying it, at least not yet, but the Internet is everywhere. Listen directly, or via AM620 Portland.

Or chin. Yeah, let’s go with that mondo chin. Go, chin, go …

Last week, SR 595 was introduced in the Georgia House of Representatives. It lost by 12 votes. SR 595 was placed back on the docket for a second vote today. The results of this vote are still outstanding. My local representative is Rep Mark Burkhalter. He voted Yes in last week’s initial vote. This afternoon,…

D.H.S. – The Series … “a multimillion-dollar episodic series, will explore the inner workings of the Department of Homeland Security, teaming the FBI, CIA, Secret Service, and National Security Administration (NSA) together with “first responders” such as local police, fire and safety administrators.” The series is being pitched to prospective networks today and has the…

I post this with little or no comment. Just click and watch the video from last December. “There’s time for politics. And, you know — there’s time for politics. And I — it’s an absurd insinuation.”*

If you’re going to argue a point, for or against, you’re always better off knowing exactly what you’re fighting … or championing. A little more than a day (or two) after I made a rather rambling post addressing the hot topic of marriage and its defense, the POTUS decided to ignite the first M-80 of…

Finally, all of the reasons have been collected in an easy-to-read list of 12 simple why-nots. Now the whole gay marriage controversy can be put back on the shelf and we can continue to live our wholesome little lives. Here are some highlights: 4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful, since Britney Spears’s 55-hour just-for-fun…

With less than nine months to go, Ralph Nader is weighing his options and looking at his hat. He thinks that his hat would look better in the ring, but really… it should stay on his head for another four years. The same could be said about Hillary Clinton, who should stick to her own…