Category: Politics

Egypt Update

Zahi Hawass has been sending out press releases regularly this week. He claims that the state of Egyptian antiquities and archaeological sites is better than some in the international media are reporting. He has posted some interesting photos on his website, http://www.drhawass.com/. The state of the government in Egypt is certainly in a more precarious […]

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Audit the Fed

Suppose you and ten friends have been mowing lawns all summer to be able to buy a boat together. You’ve been sweating in the hot sun since June and have a few more weeks to go until you return to school in September. Two of your friends have no idea how to handle money, four […]

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Signs of the Times?

Brought to you by the evil alter ego of the letter N, maybe? Once in awhile (I may be underestimating) I read a news story so odd that I want to check its validity on snopes.com. This USA Today piece says the federal government has issued an unfunded mandate that street signs meet particular standards […]

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No on Trojan Horse 1098

Washington State’s Initiative 1098, if passed by the voters, will impose a state income tax on the wealthy. No. No no no no. This is not a good idea. First, just because you have more money than the average Washington resident doesn’t automatically mean that you gained it unfairly or by taking advantage of other […]

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Flooding in Benin

A country of about nine million people to the west of Nigeria is experiencing the worst flooding in its history, and I have yet to hear about it in the American media. Allow me to introduce you to Benin. Benin is a little smaller than the state of Pennsylvania. More than a quarter of its […]

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Who’s Fair and Balanced Now?

GASP!! Ohhhh! Did a media figure actually practice their constitutionally protected right to freedom of speech? Did they step outside of their scripted, sterile, cardboard environment and show some personality? I am simply disgusted that National Public Radio fired Juan Williams. He expressed an honest opinion on the Fox News channel that surely didn’t sit […]

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Love It or Hate It, This is America

This week it was reported that Seattle Weekly cartoonist Molly Norris has been forced to change her identity and relocate. Why? Because she drew a cartoon depicting Mohammed as various objects, which turned into a Facebook phenomenon called “Everybody Draw Mohammed” day. Mohammed isn’t supposed to be drawn, so this outraged many in the Muslim […]

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