A ticking time bomb

On November 5, 2009, 13 Americans—12 servicemembers and one civilian employee of DoD—were killed and 32 were wounded in an attack at the military base at Fort Hood, Texas.  This tragedy was the deadliest terrorist attack within the United States since September 11, 2001.  Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a U.S. Army officer and psychiatrist, was … Read more

Obamacare downgraded from fair to serious

Today U.S. District Judge Robert Vinson ruled the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare (well, not so popularly known as such among its rapidly dwindling supporters, so hammer down on that term), unconstitutional: “While the individual mandate was clearly ‘necessary and essential’ to the act as drafted, it is not ‘necessary … Read more

Social media didn’t kill shame, but they’re an accessory to the crime

On Monday a friend and I were lamenting how horrifically and enthusiastically a person of our mutual acquaintance is publicly celebrating her adulterous affair.  The destruction of one’s family is regrettably blasé all by itself anymore, so commence the mainstreaming of also thoroughly humiliating one’s spouse, I suppose.  Did you catch that New York Times … Read more

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