Missing the Point – The arrogant nonsense of the Supreme Court
Appointing someone to a prestigious, well-paid office for life conveys a certain arrogance and power to the appointee that does
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Missing the Point
Missing the Point – Elementary school field trips to Topgolf?
Topgolf is in the new entertainment district downtown which is being developed, in part, to save the Horseshoe Casino which is the only one of Maryland’s three large casinos whose volume is down over last year. The casino was supposed to save the downtown, but now the city has to save the casino.
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Missing the Point – Say thanks, but no thanks to ‘affirmative action’
How, in other words, does affirmative action benefit students who have graduated from Baltimore City public schools? Who does it help? What’s the point of having underqualified Baltimore City high school graduates apply to colleges where they can’t compete? Where, if the college admissions process is fair and reasonable, they’re not going to be accepted?
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Missing the Point – Is the current model of the human brain obsolete?
As you may have heard, mega pop star Taylor Swift has been on a record-breaking tour of stadiums and other
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Missing the Point – The Last Laugh Hypothesis
Just between you and me, the secret to world peace is widespread prosperity born of democracy and capitalism. …Thank you.
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Missing the Point – Privatizing the Post Office, Part 2
Several months ago, I wrote an op/ed suggesting that we privatize our Postal Service. The USPS is “an independent agency.”
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Missing the Point – ‘Yikes! How is it possible that I find myself rooting for Trump to win his party’s nomination?!’
Lately, I’ve found myself hoping that Donald Trump gets the Republican nomination for President. Why is that? Because I think
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Missing the Point – ‘No way!’
Several weeks ago, I wrote an op/ed titled “Who do the strict constructionists think they’re fooling?” Its simple point was
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Missing the Point – ‘It’s all the shootings, stupid!’
Given President Biden’s extraordinary accomplishments in just the first two years he’s been in office, you’d think his re-election would be assured. But it’s not. Quite to the contrary, new Biden polling shows voter dissatisfaction with our President at record levels and that’s despite the economy being at virtually full employment.
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Missing the Point – Flaw in the system. …Are we done with representative government and majority rule?
So how is it possible that a solid majority of voting-age Americans favor the pro-choice perspective, but our governments – including their judicial branches – may not? Even worse, it’s not a minority consisting of millions of Americans that I’m talking about.
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