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Monday, September 29th, 2008There’s a famous line in Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall” that just about everyone who’s a native English speaker in America has probably heard even if they haven’t read the poem. That line is about fences: “Good fences make good neighbors.”
Sadly, those who know the line rarely understand the point of the poem or the [...]
Maybe the U.S. needs some sort of formal national ID card?
Thursday, July 31st, 2008I’ve never had occasion to get a passport, because I never travel outside the U.S. With the so-called war on terrorism showing no real end in sight, perhaps it’s time for all Americans to be required to carry some sort of passport-like national ID card, or perhaps not?
This is an extremely touchy issue, which it [...]
Speaking of politics — I’m really proud of my country in this historic year
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008I’m as brain-dead weary of presidential politics as any of you out there. This has seemed a LONG presidential campaign — and if you consider all the pre-campaign campaigning, it really has been a long one. And the general election campaign has not technically even started yet!
But you can break out the national, metaphorical maternity [...]
‘Madam Vice President’ or ‘Madam Secrtary’? Suggestions for Hillary
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008I just posted with this idea on another blog of mine, and I’m very, very serious about it: Hillary Clinton should use all of her political “clout” gained from Senate work and from the present presidential campaign to get a guarantee from Obama to be appointed to his Cabinet.
She’s far too talented, too experienced, too [...]
If only the candidates COULD make a joint trip to Iraq …
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008We can always dream, can’t we? We can even dream about good things happening in the world of politics, such as Sens. McCain, Obama, and even Clinton all getting together for a joint trip to Iraq. They should make the trip as soon as possible and get a real, unbiased view of what life is [...]
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