Author: rba

Diss-putes [World]

Good morning boys and girls.  Today we discuss the meaning of the word ‘dispute’.  No less an authority than the United States Central Intelligence Agency suggests the following meaning:...

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Jesus in the Cockpit?

[NOTE:  I’ll pull this if it’s been diaried before, just let me know.] Heard the story on NPR, and found it posted on the Americans for Separation of Church & State website.  Seems the evangelicals...

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What If You Knew Her?

What if you knew her and Found her dead on the ground? How can you run when you know? [CSN&Y] Finally got the paper I’d been waiting for.  Three years, ten months, two days.  May 2, 1970....

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Dem & Us

The problem with the message from the Democratic Party:  there is no messsage.  In all the debate about the bankruptcy bill, the environment, economy, medical care, foreign policy, the military, and the war, it’s...

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Election Case Study: ’52 & ’56

The following quote is from a retired general, and fairly asute politician: Change based on principle is progress; constant change without principle becomes chaos. Who also said: To be in league with the future, a political...

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