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  Title Category   Posted Date
  The Banana Republic of America   The Law
  Watching America
  26-Mar-2024
  All wars kill innocents   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  World Watching
  20-Mar-2024
  My Memory is Fine   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  14-Feb-2024
  The passing of an old friend   Perspectives
  Sports
  25-Jan-2024
  Trans-gender and Common Sense.   Perspectives
  Society
  Sports
  Watching America
  28-Dec-2023
  Politics and Selling fear   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  14-Dec-2023
  Patriotism, history, and our best words.   Society
  Watching America
  07-Dec-2023
  Where Did the Trust Go?   Perspectives
  Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  05-Dec-2023
  Social Justice is a Farce!   Society
  Watching America
  11-Nov-2023
  It is simply wrong.   People
  Perspectives
  Society
  27-Oct-2023
  Progressive purity, or public safety   People
  The Law
  28-Sep-2023
  You are Supposed to Represent us!   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  26-Sep-2023
  Not being so silent anymore   Society
  Watching America
  07-Aug-2023
  Exceptionalism matters   Politics & Gov
  Society
  Watching America
  13-Jun-2023
  The Office Apocalypse   People
  Society
  Watching America
  15-Dec-2022
  The Failed state of Russia   Politics & Gov
  World Watching
  30-Sep-2022
  The new California energy solution   Politics & Gov
  Society
  Watching America
  06-Sep-2022
  Tactical lessons from Ukraine   Historical Insights
  Politics & Gov
  World Watching
  21-Mar-2022
  What keeps me up at night   Politics & Gov
  World Watching
  14-Mar-2022
  Trivializing inhumanity   People
  Society
  07-Feb-2022
  What are we really teaching our kids?   Perspectives
  Society
  Watching America
  29-Sep-2021
  Vaccinations are not in the Constitution   The Law
  Watching America
  03-Sep-2021
  Time to rethink tradition   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  26-Jul-2021
  Biden 100 days in   Perspectives
  Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  05-May-2021
  Is that what you call news?   Society
  Watching America
  22-Apr-2021
  Politically correct math   Education
  Watching America
  10-Mar-2021
  The P’s of 2020 dominate   Politics & Gov
  Society
  Watching America
  16-Nov-2020
  The Mean Girls are loose!   People
  Society
  Watching America
  17-Sep-2020
  25 Cents Worth of Democracy   Historical Insights
  Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  14-Sep-2020
  The Tragedy of Impeachment   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  10-Dec-2019
  A look at the 2019 California fire season   People
  Politics & Gov
  Society
  14-Nov-2019
  Where did all the empathy go?   Politics & Gov
  Society
  Watching America
  05-Nov-2019
  AI Made Me Do It   Common Sense
  My philosophy
  Perspectives
  23-Aug-2019
  What will religion look like in the next 100 years?   Religion
  Society
  13-Aug-2019
  It is easy to hate politics   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  16-Oct-2018
  What happened to the Supreme Court?   Politics & Gov
  The Law
  Watching America
  13-Oct-2018
  How I like my heroes   Perspectives
  12-Jul-2018
  The California Contradiction – Protect Us From that Straw   Society
  Watching America
  01-May-2018
  Could Splitsville be the answer?   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  28-Mar-2018
  Thoughts on Veterans Day   Perspectives
  Watching America
  09-Nov-2017
  Why the Battle of Dunkirk Matters   Historical Insights
  22-Oct-2017
  Critical Thinking at Risk   Society
  Watching America
  16-Oct-2017
  Protesting the National Anthem   People
  Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  12-Oct-2017
  How to remember the Las Vegas massacre   Perspectives
  Society
  Watching America
  06-Oct-2017
  The not so United States   Perspectives
  Society
  Watching America
  07-Jun-2017
  Crazy Judah   Historical Insights
  03-May-2017
  Dealing with choice   Behavior
  People
  Society
  12-Apr-2017
  What makes a perfect parent?   Behavior
  People
  Society
  04-Apr-2017
  Be careful who you blame   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  15-Mar-2017
  Trying to define 2016   People
  Perspectives
  Politics & Gov
  Society
  09-Feb-2017
  What just happened?   Politics & Gov
  21-Nov-2016
  Sports and Politics   Society
  Watching America
  16-May-2016
  What was SCOTUS up to?   Historical Insights
  Politics & Gov
  The Law
  Watching America
  30-Apr-2016
  A story in a story   People
  Perspectives
  23-Apr-2016
  The Problem with a Free Society   People
  Perspectives
  Society
  28-Mar-2016
  The Best Number is   My philosophy
  Perspectives
  05-Mar-2016
  She Said What!   People
  Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  24-Dec-2015
  ISIS and the anemic west   Society
  World Watching
  08-Dec-2015
  The Children won’t play nice   Behavior
  Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  16-Oct-2015
  Just following the herd   People
  Politics & Gov
  24-Sep-2015
  The Clerk, the Licenses and the Law   Behavior
  People
  The Law
  Watching America
  05-Sep-2015
  Misunderstanding science fiction   Perspectives
  10-Aug-2015
  100 years of Relativity   Historical Insights
  Science
  28-Apr-2015
  Is this really freedom?   Society
  Watching America
  24-Apr-2015
  Being a Preppie isn’t getting it done   People
  Perspectives
  Politics & Gov
  20-Apr-2015
  For my son   Behavior
  My philosophy
  17-Apr-2015
  When will they learn to shut up!   Perspectives
  Politics & Gov
  Society
  Watching America
  29-Dec-2014
  Some really good ideas   Perspectives
  Science
  17-Apr-2014
  What if he wasn’t killed?   Historical Insights
  03-Apr-2014
  One heck of a speech in Russia   Politics & Gov
  World Watching
  30-Mar-2014
  Finding the agenda   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  13-Mar-2014
  Is it really a sport?   Perspectives
  Sports
  24-Feb-2014
  Bring back firing squads   Society
  The Law
  18-Feb-2014
  Intolerance runs amuck   Behavior
  Common Sense
  Society
  12-Feb-2014
  Cars that flopped   Perspectives
  10-Feb-2014
  The home team and my living room   Common Sense
  Sports
  16-Jan-2014
  Why conspiracy theories?   People
  Society
  08-Jan-2014
  The misguided intent of Obamacare   Healthcare
  People
  Perspectives
  Society
  Watching America
  05-Dec-2013
  Is it Munich or Beijing all over again?   Historical Insights
  Politics & Gov
  World Watching
  05-Dec-2013
  Freedom, Federalism and the First Amendment   Perspectives
  Politics & Gov
  The Law
  Watching America
  20-Nov-2013
  Healthcare and bugs   Healthcare
  Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  25-Oct-2013
  What would George say?   Historical Insights
  Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  22-Oct-2013
  Game theory and politics   Perspectives
  Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  12-Oct-2013
  I just bought another car   Behavior
  Common Sense
  Perspectives
  03-Oct-2013
  Hypocrisy runs amuck   Perspectives
  Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  01-Oct-2013
  Why some movements work and others wilt   Education
  People
  Perspectives
  30-Sep-2013
  The Great Kaz   People
  08-Aug-2013
  How do you judge income inequality?   Economics
  People
  03-Aug-2013
  Was justice served?   Society
  The Law
  Watching America
  24-Jul-2013
  My how cars have changed   Historical Insights
  Perspectives
  03-Jul-2013
  Privacy and Secrets   Behavior
  People
  Perspectives
  27-Jun-2013
  Evil needs to make a comeback   Common Sense
  My philosophy
  11-Jun-2013
  Don’t confuse anger for passion   Behavior
  People
  Society
  Sports
  02-Jun-2013
  Not all Anti-Muslim’s are created equal   People
  Religion
  30-May-2013
  What about North Korea?   Historical Insights
  World Watching
  30-Apr-2013
  Why baseball lives on   Historical Insights
  Perspectives
  Sports
  Watching America
  24-Apr-2013
  Guns, Violence and Common Sense   Common Sense
  Politics & Gov
  Society
  The Law
  Watching America
  18-Apr-2013
  Carnage, Courage and Choice   People
  Society
  Watching America
  18-Apr-2013
  Where to pin a medal?   Perspectives
  Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  21-Mar-2013
  Finding humanity in the midst war   Behavior
  Historical Insights
  People
  14-Mar-2013
  The Dow at a record high…?   Economics
  Perspectives
  07-Mar-2013
  When TV and computers collide   Historical Insights
  Science
  14-Feb-2013
  Writing isn’t speaking   Behavior
  People
  Society
  23-Jan-2013
  What happened to the signature?   People
  Perspectives
  22-Jan-2013
  When the Catholic Church changed   Religion
  Society
  20-Jan-2013
  A good sandwich and a ballot   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  08-Jan-2013
  How steep is the fiscal cliff?   Economics
  10-Dec-2012
  What happened to Government?   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  03-Dec-2012
  Be quiet, I’m thinking   Behavior
  People
  Society
  26-Nov-2012
  What’s the big deal with polls?   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  06-Nov-2012
  What makes a ‘great president’?   Historical Insights
  Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  06-Nov-2012
  The Pulpit and Free Speech?   People
  Society
  The Law
  12-Oct-2012
  Makers, Takers and a Little Truth   Behavior
  Economics
  Perspectives
  28-Sep-2012
  Good Speech, Bad Speech, Obnoxious Speech   People
  Society
  The Law
  20-Sep-2012
  For Many Americans, 9/11 is More History than Memory   Historical Insights
  11-Sep-2012
  Is Man Done Exploring?   Historical Insights
  06-Sep-2012
  Why are lists fascinating?   People
  Perspectives
  27-Aug-2012
  There are too many people in Jail!   Society
  Watching America
  15-Aug-2012
  When do we call it performance enhancing?   Perspectives
  Sports
  08-Aug-2012
  The fading of Amateurs from the Olympics   Perspectives
  Sports
  01-Aug-2012
  Why I can’t stop watching the Andy Griffith show   Perspectives
  11-Jul-2012
  Do Politicians live on a different planet?   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  28-Jun-2012
  Sorry son, but you are not special   People
  Perspectives
  Society
  14-Jun-2012
  The Decline of Horse Racing   Sports
  12-Jun-2012
  The Eurozone, only half a solution   Economics
  World Watching
  07-Jun-2012
  I have too much stuff   Behavior
  My philosophy
  People
  Perspectives
  23-May-2012
  What makes America Great?   Historical Insights
  Perspectives
  Watching America
  17-May-2012
  Maybe Procrastination isn’t a bad thing   Behavior
  Perspectives
  07-May-2012
  My 4 days on a jury   The Law
  07-Apr-2012
  It is never as simple as “Just an Iceberg”   Perspectives
  07-Apr-2012
  An Important week for the Supreme Court   The Law
  Watching America
  27-Mar-2012
  We Need to Stop Being Cheap About Education   Economics
  Watching America
  27-Feb-2012
  Management lessons to learn from 'Star Wars'   People
  Perspectives
  27-Feb-2012
  Is Pearl Harbor a fading lesson?   Historical Insights
  05-Dec-2011
  The Voice of Steve Jobs   People
  Perspectives
  08-Oct-2011
  The Tea Party, Constitution and a Case of Heartburn   Perspectives
  Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  01-Oct-2011
  How was your Power Outage?   Perspectives
  09-Sep-2011
  How Broken Can Things Get?   Politics & Gov
  Watching America
  22-Aug-2011
  Maybe we should be spending?   Economics
  Politics & Gov
  11-Jul-2011
  Are you ready for the end of the world?   Common Sense
  Perspectives
  18-May-2011
  What do you want from Government?   Perspectives
  Politics & Gov
  12-May-2011
  Slavery and the Civil War   Historical Insights
  04-May-2011
  Productivity or Fear   Economics
  03-May-2011
  Gas prices and rollercoaster’s   Economics
  28-Apr-2011
  PETA and the Bible   Perspectives
  23-Apr-2011
  A two Party Debt   Economics
  14-Apr-2011
  What did the US Census Count?   Politics & Gov
  04-Apr-2011
  Islamic Radicalization Hearings   Society
  23-Mar-2011
  The economic coin toss   Economics
  04-Mar-2011
  The Modern Bedlam   Society
  01-Mar-2011
  Are Labor Unions relevant?   Society
  28-Feb-2011
  Bread and Circuses   World Watching
  16-Feb-2011
  Watching Egypt   World Watching
  09-Feb-2011
  The trust fund myth!   Politics & Gov
  08-Feb-2011
  The Ronald Reagan Legacy   Historical Insights
  06-Feb-2011
  Remembering the Shuttle Challenger   Historical Insights
  28-Jan-2011
  Hypocrisy at the synagogue   My philosophy
  22-Jan-2011
  The truth about Afghanistan   World Watching
  18-Jan-2011
  The 112th Congress   Politics & Gov
  11-Jan-2011
  Huck Finn goes PC   My philosophy
  05-Jan-2011
  A Historians Dream, State Department’s nightmare   Politics & Gov
  17-Dec-2010
  A recovery stymied by risk aversion   Economics
  14-Dec-2010
  Do more than Trust Your Gut   My philosophy
  07-Dec-2010
  Have you noticed the deficit?   Economics
  06-Dec-2010
  Don’t ask, don’t tell…don’t care   Politics & Gov
  02-Dec-2010
  How much is an Amateur Athlete worth?   Sports
  23-Nov-2010
  What Went Wrong?   Politics & Gov
  01-Nov-2010
  Vote or Shut up!   Politics & Gov
  29-Oct-2010
  Living with disaster   Perspectives
  27-Oct-2010
  Searching for the radical middle!   Politics & Gov
  21-Oct-2010
  Connecting the past to the present   My philosophy
  20-Oct-2010
  Comparing American Generations   Society
  15-Oct-2010
  A Nobel Prize for IVF   Perspectives
  14-Oct-2010
  The burden of Free Speech   The Law
  05-Oct-2010
  World War I is finally over   Historical Insights
  04-Oct-2010
  Should Marijuana be legalized?   Society
  22-Sep-2010
  Comparing Lee & Grant   Historical Insights
  17-Sep-2010
  When disasters aren’t really disasters!   Perspectives
  22-Aug-2010
  A Mosque near the WTC site?   Watching America
  19-Aug-2010
  Do we need to go to space?   Perspectives
  16-Aug-2010
  The Creativity Crisis   Education
  Perspectives
  08-Aug-2010
  The need for Public Sector Pay & Pension Reform   Politics & Gov
  08-Aug-2010
  How and Why I write   Self
  03-Aug-2010
  I did not need to hear those words   Perspectives
  28-Jul-2010
  Are video games really a learning tool?   Education
  Perspectives
  19-Jul-2010
  Arizona & A broken immigration policy   The Law
  13-Jul-2010
  A strange shift of priorities   Education
  Society
  11-Jul-2010
  Attribution and the Internet   Politics & Gov
  22-Jun-2010
  Do we need Term-Limits?   Politics & Gov
  09-Jun-2010
  The Rebellious Child   The Law
  22-May-2010
  No Protestants on the Supreme Court   Watching America
  21-May-2010
  Distractions run amuck   My philosophy
  14-May-2010
  Why banks won't help homeowners   Economics
  12-May-2010
  Stop slouching and stand up straight   My philosophy
  07-May-2010
  Charity needs you   My philosophy
  05-May-2010
  Regulating banks   Economics
  05-May-2010
  Separating church and state   Watching America
  30-Mar-2010
  Does Terrorism Work?   Society
  27-Mar-2010
  Who writes this stuff?   Perspectives
  22-Feb-2010
  Are we behind in Science & Math Education?   Education
  Perspectives
  22-Feb-2010
  What’s wrong with Zero-Tolerance in public schools?   Behavior
  Education
  Society
  08-Feb-2010
  Wrapping up 2009   Historical Insights
  29-Dec-2009
  Doing the math on energy   Environment
  21-Dec-2009
  Are we really fixing Healthcare?   Healthcare
  17-Dec-2009
  The Challenge of Public Education   Education
  Perspectives
  26-Oct-2009
  Too much bad news   My philosophy
  22-Oct-2009
  Barack Obama and the Nobel Prize for Peace   Perspectives
  15-Oct-2009
  Things ain't what they used to be.   Historical Insights
  15-Oct-2009
  Why stop at 435?   The Law
  15-Oct-2009
  Work Life Balance   My philosophy
  25-Sep-2009
  Campaign Finance reform in reverse   The Law
  10-Sep-2009
  Remembering Walter Cronkite   Perspectives
  19-Jul-2009
  Judges without personal bias?   The Law
  18-Jul-2009
  The Challenge of our Constitution   Watching America
  12-Jul-2009
  Why rebuild New Orleans?   Perspectives
  08-Jul-2009
  Is Hyperinflation Looming?   Economics
  29-Jun-2009
  The value of Torture   Perspectives
  23-Jun-2009
  Are we seeing an Iranian revolution?   Politics & Gov
  18-Jun-2009
  Is the American Dream alive?   Watching America
  16-Jun-2009
  What is happening to healthcare?   Healthcare
  16-Jun-2009
  What is the American Identity?   Watching America
  09-Jun-2009
  The Illegal Immigration Challenge   The Law
  09-Jun-2009
  The value of talking   My philosophy
  01-Jun-2009
  Let’s talk about lying   Perspectives
  25-May-2009
  Democrat verses Republican?   Watching America
  23-May-2009
  California’s water shortage   Environment
  23-May-2009
  Let’s move past Hybrid cars   Environment
  07-May-2009
  You’re terrible at writing!   Perspectives
  07-May-2009
  What to do about Piracy   Perspectives
  04-May-2009
  Do you believe in luck?   My philosophy
  30-Apr-2009
  Republic verses Democracy?   Watching America
  27-Apr-2009
  How fast should national policy change?   Politics & Gov
  27-Apr-2009
  Free Will and your Destiny?   Perspectives
  13-Apr-2009
  Was 1968 a turning point?   Historical Insights
  09-Apr-2009
  What is the future of Detroit?   Economics
  02-Apr-2009
  Abusing a Trillion   Common Sense
  26-Mar-2009
  Stay away from the Depression Word   Economics
  25-Mar-2009
  Where were our media watchdogs?   Economics
  09-Mar-2009
  Improvising our way out of the recession   Economics
  06-Mar-2009
  California and Gay Marriage   Society
  05-Mar-2009
  How old is the earth?   Common Sense
  26-Feb-2009
  Why do I have to help pay my neighbor’s mortgage?   Economics
  22-Feb-2009
  The End of the Road for Pontiac   Economics
  21-Feb-2009
  What’s wrong with “Too Big To Fail”   Economics
  12-Feb-2009
  Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman offends my common sense   Common Sense
  11-Feb-2009
  What happened with home loans   Economics
  02-Feb-2009
  Concerns over the Bail-Out   Economics
  02-Feb-2009
  Thoughts on Global Warming   Environment
  02-Feb-2009

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