Of pig lips and dog marks

I continue to be amazed at the gall of the Palin-McCain political strategists as they try to get more mileage out of Barack Obama’s remark about putting lipstick on a pig.That expression is probably as old as lipstick itself. I used it several years ago when...

A lesson in self-focus

The school parking lot has adequate spaces for parents and grandparents who pick up students in the afternoon. When I was there one day this week, it was obvious that not everyone wants the inconvenience of pulling into one of those spaces like everyone else.Instead...

9/11: A Day That Lives in Infamy

Not to sound trite, but 9/11 is indeed a day that will live in infamy. On this day a sovereign democracy was savagely attacked by a terrorist organization. Unsatisfied with the choice people made in electing their leaders and bitter about the economic path a...