By Jeff Judson People of all political stripes realize a new political movement is sweeping the country. Often called the Tea Party movement, it is made up of people nursing hangovers from the lack of fiscal leadership when Republicans were in charge of Congress and the White House, joined by many more people who…

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Jim Doyle earned the distinctive title of the biggest crook in Wisconsin history long ago. His predictable pre-election antics over Halloween weekend of attempting to solidify contracts for the unwanted, unpopular and unsupportable commuter rail project create the perfect fairytale ending to the distinguished gubernatorial career of the all-time largest looter of the people of…

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Destroying jobs and hurting families, in the name of preventing climate change By David Rosales God does not judge us by our intentions, but by what we actually do. The consequences of our actions matter, both intended and unintended. We need to keep that in mind, as our nation ponders whether to enact new rules…

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The Week That Was October 30, 2010   Quote of the Week For me, it is far better to grasp the  Universe as it really is than to persist in  delusion, however satisfying and  reassuring. –Carl Sagan Number of the Week 24 to 1 This Week By Ken Haapala On Oct. 29, the French Academy…

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Hans Christian Anderson’s The Emperor’s New Clothes tells the apocryphal story of an emperor who was swindled by two weavers. They told him that his new clothes, made from their wonderful lightweight new fabric, would be invisible to incompetent people. It would be a good way to identify incompetents. With fanfare, the weavers supplied him…

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Hi Everyone, Federal Parliament is beginning this week. Perhaps the biggest issue will be a carbon Tax so we need to be as active as we can be. One of the actions we want you to help with is to call for a royal commission and / or a realistic public debate on the Science…

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