Author Archives: nick

Moderate Fascism

Posted on August 22, 2010 by nick

Suppose you were born into a particular religion. Your parents, relatives, and everyone you knew was also a member of the same religion. As you grew up, practicing the rituals and observances of your faith, you gradually learned that the … Continue reading →

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Easy Rider

Posted on May 19, 2010 by nick

I am not a big fan of the movie “Easy Rider”. I don’t like the portrayal of the South as a bunch of ignorant rednecks who shoot people they don’t understand. It may have had more verisimilitude at the time, … Continue reading →

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Manchuria or Peoria?

Posted on April 9, 2010 by nick

Presidents of the United States are arguably the most powerful individuals on Earth, not only now, but ever. On the other hand, their actions are perforce contained within a comparatively narrow band of policy boundaries. Caught between the multiple Charybdis’s … Continue reading →

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Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice

Posted on March 28, 2010 by nick

There is polite society, there is the left wing nutty extreme, and there is the right wing nutty extreme. Naturally, most of us wish to be regarded as belonging to polite society. We never utter the word nigger or faggot. … Continue reading →

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Government Health Care

Posted on March 20, 2010 by nick

Tomorrow is supposedly the big vote on the big government health care bill. Everybody knows it’s a horrible bill, Republicans, Democrats, lefties and righties, not to mention the public at large. Even Obama knows it’s a horrible bill. The thing … Continue reading →

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Climate and Human Redemption

Posted on March 2, 2010 by nick

Al Gore has an op-ed in the New York Times. Here are a few excerpts to give you the flavor of Al’s call for human redemption or else. …unimaginable calamity… …human civilization as we know it. …a criminal generation that … Continue reading →

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One Woman’s “Gaffe” is Another Man’s Lie

Posted on February 23, 2010 by nick

In an article by Fareed Zakaria in the Washington Post, he states: Sarah Palin has a suggestion for how Barack Obama can save his Presidency. “Say he decided to declare war on Iran,” she said on Fox News this month. … Continue reading →

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Not Bad Enough Yet, Part II

Posted on February 10, 2010 by nick

We are besieged with domestic crises. The health care crisis, the deficit crisis, the Social Security and Medicare crises, last, but far from least, the unemployment crisis. If we keep going on as we are, the consequences will be dire. … Continue reading →

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Poor California

Posted on February 4, 2010 by nick

I was the Technical Director of sfgate.com, the San Francisco Chronicle’s website, pretty much from its inception, from 1997 until 2003. I still have sfgate.com as my home page even though I moved from San Francisco to Tennessee over five … Continue reading →

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Not Bad Enough Yet

Posted on January 27, 2010 by nick

When the war in Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein began, it was popular, and it had supporters on the left as well as the right. Many Democratic politicians voted for it, Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, John Edwards, Joe Biden, Harry … Continue reading →

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