Political Correctness

The pros of being the first sitting president to appear on The Tonight Show: you seem more personable. The cons: more opportunity for a slip-up.  Read More »

I was recently in a blog entitled "Florida Legislator Seeks to Ban Use of the Term 'Illegal Alien.'" [Link.] Jackbenimble mentioned that this kind of political correctness reminds him of the use of Newspeak in George Orwell's "1984." Though I have always thought Political Correctness was stup  Read More »

In Ray Bradbury's famous novel, Fahrenheit 451, the citizens of a futuristic society are not allowed to speak their minds. In fact, they have a much worse problem: there is nothing on their minds to speak about. They don't even read books, because they are afraid of addressing new subjects and expanding their intellects. The most disturbing aspect of Bradbury's fictional totalitarian society is that the people, not the government, initially introduced the oppression of free thought. They live under a self-imposed creed of censorship. In a way, I see our own society starting to walk down this same road, thanks to the doctrine of political correctness.  Read More »

Tell me this people do we have the right to be called "The United States of America"
When we see a homeless person on the streets asking for a spare dime
do we honestly want to give them any of our time.
When we see a little girl clearly being abused
Do we really think she has nothing to lose
When your friend are smoking tons of cigarettes a day
Do we really think they would be okay.  Read More »

This new flick "Horton Hears a Who" or that's what I think it's titled, may have a small message that no one would ever notice. I was speaking to my mom yesterday and she was telling me about this pastor who had a member of his youth that had a dream about this Dr.Seuss book. She had a dream that she was the elephant and that she was the one who was to save these small "who" people.  Read More »

Since I was 18 years old I have never really been interested in politics until now. It is so funny what catches peoples attention. More and more youth are beginning to take interest in who takes office because of the ongoing scandals and manipulations. From Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky to Govenor Spitzer and his episode with the Emperors Club.  Read More »

News? What’s that?  Read More »

Cartoons have been a part of our society ever since Walt Disney created the incredible mickey mouse and his crew. They entertain us, make us laugh, and... teach us about politics? Well at least that's what a lot of political cartoonist have been trying to do, yet their messages never really seem to get across to the ordinary man, because like politics, they require a little thought.  Read More »