I’ll be honest, I’m relishing the fact that Sarah Palin is leaving Fox News. It’s not that I ever watch the [un]Fair and [un]Balanced program. I’m just glad that she has verbally roved into such irrelevance that even Fox doesn’t want her anymore. You see, I...

Gerrymandering Ensures GOP Control Of The House In my post Mitch McConnell must go, I was enraged at the statement that he made right after President Obama won re-election. The statement began like this, “The American people did two things: They gave President Obama a second chance to...

It’s that time of the week again. In case you’re an OpinionList virgin (this is your first time reading one), let me explain what it is. It’s a list of articles that I’ve  found interesting throughout the week.  Each item on the list has a link back to the original...

When I wrote the post Are Americans Illogical When It Comes To Punctuation? I thought I was one of  very few interested in the placement of the period in relation to quotation marks. Personally, I think that the period looks better after the quotation mark as in:  I told him, “I love...

You were probably expecting a post about President Obama’s inauguration speech, and what it means for his second term.  Believe me I had the intention of writing such a post today. But, I can sum up the speech in one sentence.  It was a rallying cry for his supporters and an absolute...

In less than an hour, we will watch the Presidential Inauguration for President Obama’s second term. I am equally elated and subdued. I am elated for many reasons, not the least being that President Obama is both the man who, without a doubt, deserved to be sworn in yesterday and also...

I’m running out of introductory phrases for the OpinionLists.  I’ll have to come up with something like “Ta Da.”  Anyway, here’s this week’s: Loopy Lew: Since as Secretary of the Treasury his signature will be printed on new bills, everyone has made a big...

In the post In Defense Of Guns? I explained why after reading the story of Melinda and Donnie Herman, I can now understand why gun owners believe so strongly in their right to own arms. I understand a lot less why someone would need to carry a weapon, concealed or not.  After all, we are...

I have always been anti-gun.  But then I read the story of Melinda and Donnie Herman.  I’m sure that you’ve read it too.  Donnie is the man who had his wife, Melinda, and a 911 operator on the phone while an intruder with a crowbar hunted down Melinda and the couple’s...

I keep thinking about Alex Jones’ appearance on Piers Morgan a week ago. Of course I’m bothered by his nonsensical rant and by his manner of speech which showed an absolute lack of manners: yelling at the top of his lungs, not answering the questions, interrupting Piers Morgan,...