All Blog Posts Tagged 'the' (11)

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By Nancy J. Thorner…

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From today's Daily Mail (Once again, you have to go to certain outlets of the British press to get decent reporting on this topic):

The world…

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Friday, August 24, 2012

Opera at Ravinia - Comparing Mozart's first and final operas (part 2)

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Yesterday, the boss addressed an article in a recent edition of The Economist reportingwishing for the downfall of The Heartland Institute. Definitely check it out —…

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The dominate news for the last few weeks is what has been happening in Tunisia, Yemen, to some extent in Jordan; but most importantly, for the moment, in Egypt. Apparent spontaneous uprisings of the people; demanding that their government leaders step down;. A cry for freedom and democracy is how the news media is presenting these events to the world. But there is much confusion and anxiety in the minds of many people. Will the dictators of these countries be replaced by some form of…

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I surrender. The last thing I wanted to talk about today was anything that could be remotely related to the Tucson tragedy. I went to all my usual sources, both conservative and liberal, looking for the inspiration that I can normally  find with only a little effort for a subject to write about in my blog. Apparently, the only subject anyone is talking about is the Tucson tragedy. So who am I to buck the trend.

Surely as night follows day, there will be…

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That's a pretty long title, isn't it? I suppose that if I had a more creative mind I could have come up with something shorter. But for now, this title will have to do.

Two recent articles by Thomas Sowell caught my attention and caused me to think about vote-buying, the price of success, and the killing of the golden goose. If any of you are not familiar with the works of Thomas Sowell, you need to visit his Website and read his articles at your leisure.…

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Check out the Congressman who doesn't care about the Constitution.







Now, make no mistake. Tea Partiers have to do better in these exchanges. The entire exchange shows that they weren't defeating him in a debate, but badgering him for his mistake. Spending a few hours a week at Heartland U. would give them the training they need to take these exchanges to the next… Continue

While technically a joke, this is what I have to look forward to when I leave behind the incompetent politics of California for the corrupt politics of Chicago this summer:…

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While looking for topics for this weeks blog I think it is becoming clearer that I need to sort a few things out if you, not unlike I was at the beginning of this endeavor, are not that familiar with what is really happening in the world of climate change. Whenever you talk about world-wide Climate Change laws, rules, or co-operation, you must talk about the International Panel on Climate Change…

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