A HAIRY SITUATION To the surprise of virtually no one, Steelers safety Troy Polamalu fielded almost as many questions about his cascading hair Tuesday as he did football or the Arizona Cardinals. ...more

January 28, 2009

First of all, although I voted Republican, I give my full support to President-elect Barack Obama. We will see. A man is judged by his deeds. It will help if we understand the problem. First of all there was 9-11, the three wars, tornadoes, earth quakes, floods and hurricanes (aid to tsunami victims, aid for malaria, AIDS and famine,) two years of Democrats saying how bad things are (how things are perceived becomes reality.) Add crooked Wall Street executives, crooked Congress involved in Fanny Mae-Freddie Mac (their directors also,) greedy people speculating on properties, filling the market with bad paper and you see it is no easy task. It will take the effort of all of us. Citizenship comes with certain responsibilities: you must vote, keep working in spite of all hurdles, and pay your share of taxes, no exceptions. We cannot get free stuff, it all comes at a cost. The more the government pays our way or does stuff for us, the more power it gives the government over us. Was your vote dependent on a tax break or cash stimulus? ...more

November 14, 2008