Articles from May 2008

In Praise of “Elitists”

Nothing makes me want to laugh harder than when I hear Hillary Clinton’s supporters calling Barack Obama “elitist.” It’s a coded way of saying that a candidate is out of touch with the plight of the common person. It’s a subliminal attack on education or wealth as if education or wealth are to be feared. [...]

Jeremiah Wright: Ego Unchecked

If you read even a little bit about the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and if you do so with an open mind, you can’t help but come away impressed. This guy is the “real deal,” a real American hero who served his country in the armed services, earned his degrees the old fashioned way, through sweat [...]

I Just Tossed a CD Into a Landfill…

I bought a piece of equipment the other day and it came with a CD-ROM containing the drivers for a variety of operating systems, none of which I have or use any longer.  We’re talking about operating systems like Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows ME (who?), etc.  I took the CD out of the shrink [...]

What’s Good for the Goose is Good for the Panderer

Do you feel like a kid at heart? I know I do sometimes. Take the other day, for example. I stepped outside the house, the sky was cloudless, the humidity was hovering near single digits, and the temperature immediately made me consider taking in a little hike through the local state park.  Forget work, it [...]