jimstillman on August 10th, 2010

Are we to jettison that which makes us great? The essential issues: What is the essence of America? Are we are to surrender that which makes us a country worthy of our ideals in an effort to preserve the empty shell that remains? In recent weeks, protests have been heard against the construction of a [...]

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jimstillman on July 11th, 2010

The Supreme Court has, in the past few years, upheld (or discovered) the constitutional right of an individual to own a handgun, based, primarily, on the right to defend one’s self against bad guys. I had previously written about the need to re-examine the meaning and scope of the Second Amendment in the light of [...]

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jimstillman on June 23rd, 2010

Oh Charlie, where have you been? Charlie Crist: a reason to have optimism. I am 75 years old and have voted in every election since 1956 when I cast my first presidential vote for Democrat Adlai Stevenson over the then incumbent, Dwight Eisenhower. This was a rematch of the 1952 contest, the Korean War had [...]

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jimstillman on June 15th, 2010

Mr. President, grab the chance to be great. Our last several presidents, Democrat and Republican, have spoken about America’s “addiction to oil”. We use the stuff to fuel our inefficient gas guzzlers, buy military sized Hummers to drop the kids off at soccer practice or go to the supermarket to pick up a bottle of [...]

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jimstillman on June 11th, 2010

Helen Thomas has resigned, under fire, as a columnist for Hearst, under pressure for making a statement that is consistent with her well known anti-Jewish opinions. There are those who raise First Amendment rights that are being infringed but, of course, the Constitution’s guarantee of free speech only applies to governmental action; Hearst has every [...]

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