The latest round in the race for corporate greed honors goes to the retailers that have already started putting up Christmas decorations. It is still two weeks before Halloween and six weeks before Thanksgiving, not to mention ten weeks before Christmas. As if it is not already bad enough that the greedy politicians have so perverted “campaign season” to mean … Continue reading
We have seen several more incidents of high school violence over the last few days, each of which seems sadder than the last. The reasons for these acts are much deeper than the excuses we get in the news media: “He’s a Goth.” “He’s an atheist.” “He’s a loner.” The incidents themselves run the gamut for nooses being hung to … Continue reading
Following up on yesterday’s column about the number of people in American jails, it often seems that in the middle and upper-class rush to incarcerate people of the poor of our country, they seem to be doing too good a job. I am personally getting a little tired of reading almost every day about someone getting out of prison after … Continue reading
Why are so many Americans in jail? That is a very simple-sounding question yet it seemingly does not have a correct answer, which is to say that there are a great many answers but one cannot tell which among them are correct. One fact does stand out: if you are an American, you are much more likely to be in … Continue reading
I do not know why this one is so hard for people to understand. At the heart of the matter is the concept of “War for Profit,” which is an activity that the Unites States has become fairly good at, especially under Bush family rule. Under a militant entrepreneur of one sort or another, a group of ex-military people are … Continue reading
Several things have brought the subject of health care to my mind today. None of those has made me feel more sanguine about life. I have not seen the latest offering from Michael Moore, but I think I get the gist of the message. It seems to me that his bottom line was that the health care in the United … Continue reading
Even the Kansas Curmudgeon watches and keep track of the numbers. Thanks to both of my loyal readers, by the way, for showing up every day. ;o) Just kidding, we’re doing just fine, actually much better than we thought we would. But the numbers can be interesting. It is some sort of an unwritten law, I think, that one does … Continue reading
I do not know where it came from originally, though I tried to find out, but I have discovered the discovery if Bushcronium! I learned of these momentous events because I am a regular reader of The West Virginia Blogger and Bucky was on the ball again. This is the gist of the science news of the day: A major research … Continue reading
I know, immigration again. Sometimes my mind just will not let go. It occurs to me, of course, that all of these people could not have gotten into our country if we had not let them in. Since this is certainly not a new problem, it is apparent that they have been wanting to come here, and we have been … Continue reading
For some reason, the immigration issue has decided to camp out in my mind. I talked about some of the logistics involved in yesterday’s column and those are formidable enough. Worse even than the statistics are the human factors involved. I am willing to bet that the Americans that want all these people deported would not be able to personally … Continue reading