Reality Check: Readers’ Responses

Sir,

This column is chilling. (THE LESSONS OF BOSTON – Issue: 4/24/13) Not sure I can agree with most of it. I think there is something that can be done to halt this madness, and not just increased spending on Homeland Security and spying and a lean on our Bill…

by   |  05/15/2013  |  Comments (0)

Reality Check: Readers’ Responses

Hilarious stuff. (SEQUESTER DIARY—Issue: 3/2/13) How you are able to take such pathetic mismanagement of the federal government by the president and the Congress and put it into such personal terms? It is a talent. Not sure where you were going with it, but if I may, I interpret it…

by   |  05/08/2013  |  Comments (0)

Reality Check: Be Careful

Men are qualified for civil liberties in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their appetites: in proportion as their love of justice is above their rapacity.
—Edmund Burke

 

You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that

by   |  05/01/2013  |  Comments (0)

Reality Check: The Lessons Of Boston

So what will be the monthly flavor of scapegoat now that crudely homemade bombs are the latest to invade our cushy national illusion?

The very week the Senate, as expected, voted down any measure of background checks in the pursuit of our weaponry, we have new villains with new…

by   |  04/24/2013  |  Comments (0)

An Interview with John Densmore: Identity Crisis In The Land Of $$$

There is being an idealist, and then there is John Densmore. There is defining integrity, and then there is John Densmore. There is putting money, reputation and professional legacy where the mouth and the heart reside, and then there is John Densmore.

The legendary drummer’s new book, The Doors

by   |  04/17/2013  |  Comments (6)

Reality Check: Springtime For North Korea

Getting hyped about North Korea saber rattling in spring is tantamount to being floored about the flowers budding in the backyard. It is a rite of the season. Many of the nation’s goofy ritualistic observances happen around now. It is a military history. It is a military economy. No one…

by   |  04/17/2013  |  Comments (0)

Reality Check: Readers’ Responses

Mr. Campion,

The drone policy of our government and the absolute powers exhibited by this president, as were the last ones by the previous administration, are the obvious consequences of the way we as citizens allowed the zealous deconstruction of our rights immediately after 9/11. (LIFE (AND DEATH) DURING PERPETUAL…

by   |  04/10/2013  |  Comments (0)

Reality Check: Supreme Decision

Nation’s Highest Court Faces Down Discrimination In Our Time          

Congress decided to reflect and honor of collective moral judgment and to express moral disapproval of homosexuality. – House Report on the passing of Defense Of Marriage Act in 1996.

 

This week the Supreme Court…

by   |  04/03/2013  |  Comments (0)

Reality Check: NC State & The Birth Of March Madness

30-Year Anniversary Of The Improbable Ride Of Jimmy V And The Wolfpack

With the commencement of the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, arguably the most watched American sporting event outside of the Super Bowl, it is time to mark the 30-year anniversary of one of the most impossible runs in sports…

by   |  03/27/2013  |  Comments (0)

Reality Check: Holy Land Obama

By the time these words hit the stands, the president of the United States will be in Israel. This has not been as anticipated a trip as in the past for a few reasons; Barack Obama has been spending quality time on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

by   |  03/20/2013  |  Comments (0)


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