Denmark’s Jyllands-Posten newspaper issued an apology and whisked it off to the Jordanian news agency Petra for publishing cartoons that supposedly were insulting to the prophet Muhammad. The arguments about the poor taste of the cartoonist notwithstanding, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Denmark’s prime minister says he and his government cannot apologize for the country since the […]
Funny how the debate over the United Arab Emirates management takeover of US port facilities fails to focus on spying as a major concern. Nothing less than the security of the Ports of New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, Miami and even New Orleans, a major choke point of America’s oil supplies, is at stake.
Enough has […]
(1) Each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive total system of equal basic liberties compatible with a similar system of liberty for all.
(2) Social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both: (a) to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged, consistent with the just savings […]
The following questions are questions that need answering. Are there answers to
them? We must remain optimistic and vigilant if there are to be. These are just a few
topics. There are many more, some more important and some less, based on a
person’s beliefs and attitudes. I present them, as a reference and a […]
In yet another political move for Hillary to make herself something she is not, Hillary is now co-sponsoring an anti-flag burning law.
Senator Hillary Clinton is supporting a bill to make it a crime to burn the American flag — but she still opposes a constitutional ban on flag desecration. WCAX-TV Burlington, VT
Mrs. Clinton, out of […]
Write for a reason
Get to the point. One of the basic references for Web design is Steve Krug’s, Don’t Make Me Think. My book for Web writers (not yet available in stores) will be called, Don’t Make Me Yawn. The Great Democracy that is the Web has spawned far more spam and yammer than thoughtful […]
Copyright 2006 Al Arnold
There are a couple of problems that exist, which hinder local
government from being the best it can be.
One problem that prevents some citizens from attending local
government meetings, is the fear of the local elected officials.
They are strangers. We don’t know them, therefore, we avoid them.
Who is a local elected government official? Let […]
I am resolved to the fact that government legislation will
continue to erode away at our freedoms. Government likes to
paint itself as the lamb, but usually is the wolf. It’s the
rules of necessity to protect us from certain harm. Take for
instance the latest hot topic in farming, NAIS, National Animal
Identification System.
The NAIS is a government created […]
I am not a street drug user. I did indulge in marijuana use over a three-year period, but that was over 20 years ago. I used tobacco over a 12-year period. Today my drug use is confined to seasonal allergy medicine, a daily caffeine habit, and the rare alcoholic drink. Yes, […]
