John McCain served his country, but not recently

John McCain is a war hero.  A genuine war hero.  He served his country with honor and went above and beyond the call.  He should be admired for his military service.  He was simply incredible and has more intestinal fortitude than I will ever have. That does not mean he is right on every political…

An open letter to @GlennBeck

Dear Glenn, You are disappointed in Ted Cruz.  You apologized to your audience for believing in Mr. Cruz.   You say he let you down is because he turned out to be just another politician.  I cannot figure out why you thought he was anything other than a politician. Politicians are all the same in…

We all just need to calm down

It’s Presidential election season and everyone is in an uproar.  Just look at your social media feeds.  People are divisive and obnoxious.  I saw a post on Facebook today that pointed out this mistake well.  He said, disparaging comments about a political leader “only serves to stoke the ire of those who already agree, and…

Raising the minimum wage would be counter productive

If you watched the State of the Union Address tonight, you heard President Obama suggest that we should raise the minimum wage to $9 per hour. His argument is that anyone who work a full time job should not live in poverty. I’m sure he feels that it is a “right” for anyone who works…

The government should put taxes on sale!

There is so much talk these days about raising taxes.  Everyone wants to believe that all we need to do is raise taxes on rich people because they’re not “paying their fair share.”  Rubbish.  The rich already pay the highest rate, and largest share.  We can argue that until the cows come home but that…

Gingrich and Santorum, it’s all about them

Mitt Romney has won the most delegates so far, but has yet to secure the nomination of his party.  The conservative vote is split between Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich.  If Santorum and Gingrich combined their vote totals in each election, they would easily win over Mitt Romney.  Given the fact that the Republican Convention…

Everyone should use PGP

Did you know that the email you send over the Internet is sent in plain text format? From the time you hit the send button until it reaches its destination, your email goes through several different servers. Anyone one of those servers could be a point at which someone could read your email. How can…

AeroPress make the best coffee in the world

Someone recently turned me on to the AeroPress coffee maker. The AeroPress makes fantastic tasting coffee that supposedly has about 20% of the acid of regular brewed coffee. You can pick one of these gadgets up for about $25 or less, and it’s worth every penny. Just trust me on this, the coffee it makes…

James Baker should be Secretary of State again

I just watched an interview with former Secretary of State James Baker. This guy is so on top of it, I hope he is still being consulted by the current administration. He is above the political frey and has a lot of very practical ideas. He’s not into cheap shots, is very pragmatic, and should…

Brett Favre just doesn’t want to go to training camp

Are you as sick of the Brett Favre stories as I am? He’s at the end of a long career, can no longer do what he used to do, fades towards the end of the season, and yet he’s still a story. The constant retiring and un-retiring is covered in the press as indecisiveness, but…

There is no such thing as unbiased News

Are you a CNN person or a FoxNews person? Either way, you’re not really getting real unbiased news. Instead of experienced journalists giving us news, we get biased “infotainment” these days. Different networks target different audiences and bring the biased news they feel their audience wants to hear. In the old days real reporters went…