It seems ludicrous that gay marriage is all about equal rights. What rights? Since when do “ordinary” married couples have equal rights? In the so-called co-dependency of the modern marriage there is always the dominant figure who demands rather than depends on the other — and that usually translates into the woman having fewer rights. Oh, to be sure, she is free to protest and nag but in the end she gives in to the macho who always insists his way is the only way, resulting in the fairer sex...

For a father of five grown children, trying to fathom the homosexual psyche is as difficult as a traditional lyricist penning the counterpoints of rap. Why, I ask, do two gay guys — let alone two gals — want to enter the tinsel world of marriage? It would seem to me that by definition they are “ different” and would prefer not to follow in the mainstream of bridal gowns , tuxedos, flowers, and the prohibitive cost of big weddings unless they are in the catering business and would net a profi...

Q: Welcome Mr. President, and Senator Kerry to our final debate. I believe the nation would like to know is how you would express the general theories and practices of your respective parties. Just how would carry them out? Mr. Pres: Actually I have been doing that already for almost four years. My party has always stood for a strong defense and I believe I have shown that in my decisiveness with respect to Afghanistan and Iraq. My party is also against high taxes and I have certai...

  Q: Welcome back, Mr. President, and you, Senator Kerry. This debate will be on domestic and cultural issues. To begin with, I should like a response from both of you on the current state of the economy. Most financial experts agree that the economy is now booming? Is it? Mr. Pres: Without a doubt, and my tax cuts overwhelmingly attributed to this boom. The theory that the people should be in charge of their own income rather than the government is proving correct in practice. M...

Q: Mr. President, would you express in twenty-five words or less, why the American voters should cast a ballot for four more years of your administration? Mr. Pres: Because it’s clear that I have a calling to preserve the security of Americans by continuing the war on terror and preempt future attacks. Q: Sen. Kerry, why, in twenty five words or less, Americans should cast their ballot for you as president? Mr. K: To make America safer — and the world — by making the assault on ...

Based on the very nature of this nation’s origins, it is safe to say, in spite of its revolution, the country has always been conservative. After all, had George Washington not set the precedent by tuning out the clamor for coronation, the United States would have been an unblemished carbon copy of the mother country, from which, to be sure, it owes in large part its political structure and philosophy. In its infancy the US was ruled by the land gentry, scarcely different from the noble class o...

The business world fears a government solution to the health cost crisis that has risen 38% since 2001 in retaliation for the relatively effective hold on costs during the 90s. If their fear is justified then the captains of industry and the sergeants of small business should unite and fight the obvious profiteering of the medical industry and medical insurance companies. If a giant company like Ford can rollover on the directive of insurance companies, then something is rotten in the economy. ...

  First and foremost the voter should analyze which presidential candidate is more likely to get our troops home sooner than later and to put an end to the wasteful spending on a foreign country’s infrastructure and nebulous political system. Further, the voter should probe whether the terror in Iraq is due to national insurgents or Al Qaeda and in either case what caused it and which candidate can best terminate this runaway train.   The voter should not consider the current for...

One’s initial reaction to such an atrocious beheading is to shrill out The Three Musketeers’ battle cry: “All for one and one for all.” and wipe out the Islamic threat, not just those directly responsible. It goes without saying that this is not the solution. Neither, since we are so oil hungry, can we begin a mass exodus of tens of thousands of westerners who work and live in Saudi Arabia, nor send in Marines to protect them. However, we can demand that the Saudi government increase tenfold...

  Once upon a time when the 60-70 hour work week lingered as a distant memory, and the 48- hour week freshly lodged in the memory cells of workers, the 40 hour work-week became virtually universal, together with an annual paid two-week vacation. Some trade unions were able to gain a 38-hour week. In addition, though normally the pay-scale was lower, untold millions of white collar workers enjoyed a 35 hour work-week, which in the main was negated by commuting time. The concept in those d...

Perhaps the greatest challenge is the permissiveness of society and its educators that have led us to the brink of anarchic disaster. Either we insist on conventional skills, perhaps refurbished by modern techniques; either we demand more of ourselves, of the parents and of the students in the art of teaching and learning in order to temper society’s iconoclastic kick under the guise of free expression and self-identity, or we lose the whole ball game of national and human identity governed by...

Ever since Joe DiMaggio walked a mile for a Camel and a full-color picture of the Lone Ranger and Silver came in the mail by my having sent in Silvercup bread wrappers, I entered the world of Barnum’s suckers. I also remember in the thirties how the tobacco industry duped young girls into buying a very fashionable “rose-tip” brand. I personally recall my sister’s Chesterfield ad on the back of a magazine, except that her head was preempted by Rita Hayworth ‘s — my sister consoled herself ...

Last night on Chris Matthews there was a poll that showed the religious — I suppose that means those that go to a place of worship frequently — overwhelmingly were for Bush; and the non-religious — I suppose that throws in atheists, secular agnostics and humanists, as well as infrequent worshipers — overwhelmingly for Kerry. This doesn’t leave much room for reflection on how to vote if there are those who consider themselves religious but not necessarily riveted to abortion, g...