Fsrcoin

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1483 )

• Morocco: Open for Business

  

  Since our daughter had a gap between jobs in Jordan and Afghanistan, we met up for a hastily booked Morocco tour.We had been to this North African country... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Splitting the GOP

  

  I’ve been writing a lot about politics lately. Every four years we’re told “this election is critical;” it’s a cliché. But this time really is different –... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Supreme Court Nomination – the Stupid Party Again

  

  Republicans control the Senate. They could have simply gone through the motions of considering President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee, holding hearings, but... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Islamically Correct Rape

  

  How often we’re told morality comes from religion.The Islamic State trumpets a pure, strict Muslim faith. Which, they say, prohibits sex with a pregnant woman.... Read more

  Posted on 17 March 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Blame for Trumpism

  

  I’ve written that the Trump phenomenon is a dive to a lower, baser level of civic discourse. Who can we blame?Of course there’s a lot involved. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• “Our Kids” and the Real Inequality

  

  Inequality is a big issue. But focusing on the 99%-versus-1% is misguided. The idea that if the 1% had less the 99% would have more is incorrect. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Campaign Finance: Government Hands Off!

  

  Hillary loves pointing out that the notorious Citizens United case was about her: an anti-Hillary film that ran afoul of federal regulation. Read more

  Posted on 29 February 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Make America Great Again? Or Degraded?

  

  John Zogby, who’s very smart, suggests Rubio make Kasich his running mate now. It’s an intriguing gambit that could give Rubio a desperately needed boost. Or... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Our Gal in Kabul

  

  ElizabethOur daughter Elizabeth is going to Kabul, to sort out the mess there.With a degree in international relations and economics, she’s been in Jordan... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bye Bye Bush; Thank You, Nikki Haley

  

  So, last we spoke, I said I’d watched Rubio blow the presidency in that pre-New Hampshire debate. Well, that was a bit hasty; he seems to have recovered from... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Political Ad

  

  .. Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Can Money Buy Happiness?

  

  Money does buy a lot of things that enhance well-being; and many of life’s problems can be solved if you have enough money. But past that point, scientific... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Presidential Politics: Republicans Heading Toward the Abyss

  

  What was supposed to happen was that Marco Rubio, surging with momentum out of Iowa, would do very well in New Hampshire, conceivably even winning; Bush,... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Albany’s High School Boondoggle

  

  Last fall, a referendum in Albany on building literally the costliest high school on Earth, at $196 million, narrowly failed. Now, a revote is scheduled for... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Creation Story: Religion Vs. Science

  

  The Judaeo-Christian creation story is pretty straightforward – God did it (don’t ask where he came from). Science says it was a Big Bang. Superficially the... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Bloomberg on a White Horse?

  

  My political awakening was in 1964, backing Barry Goldwater. Some saw his nomination as politically suicidal – as Trump’s or Cruz’s would be. But Goldwater was ... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Grannies Killed by College Exams

  

  It’s true. College exams are deadly for students’ grandmothers. A study determined that granny death rates spike tenfold before a midterm, and nineteen times... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Joe Krausman, Monkeyshines, and Heightism

  

  My friend Joe Krausman is a truly amazing fellow. Everywhere I go – whether it’s a lecture, open mic, party, whatever – Joe is there. Maybe he’s stalking me. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Angry, Illiberal Left and Right, and the Silent Majority

  

  Our politics is riven between a left whose anger is largely economic and a right whose is largely cultural. Both are illiberal in the classical sense. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Regulation, Poverty, and Hot Sex

  

  Tacna is an industrial park set up by Peru’s government. It even offers exemption from corporate income tax. Yet Tacna stands empty. Why? Because of the red tap... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2016 CULTURE, POLITICS, SOCIETY