politics

“Why are they after me?” “You have something they want.” “I don’t have anything.” “Maybe you do and you don’t know it.” — Dialogue between the Will Smith and Gene…

“As long as there is democracy, there will be people wanting to play jazz because nothing else will ever so perfectly capture the democratic process in sound. Jazz means working…

In our celebrity-oriented culture, we’ve become accustomed to hearing from famous people who take a stand on the issues.  We quickly learn to associate a particular writer, media personality, or…

Nelson Mandela, the South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, has passed away at the age of 95. Mandela was…

In one episode of 30 Rock, Liz Lemon and her boss, portrayed by Alec Baldwin, are stuck at Liz’s high school reunion where he’s accepted as a fellow classmate, even though…

If you took to heart the recent media chatter about Obamacare, you might easily conclude that The United States is a heartless nation.  Thrown out of your job recently? Lose…

Here in the United States, politicians routinely play the blame game over what seem like small changes in the unemployment rate. If the official rate slips, say, from 7.5% to…