The State of the Union

“Death Be Not Proud” by John Donne

Death Be Not Proud -- John Donne (1572 -- 1631)Death, be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrowDie not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.From rest and sleep, which but thy...

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Hamlet: Polonius’ Advice to Laertes

Thou canst not then be false to any man.(Hamlet, I, iii)What an example of pressed and hurrried fatherly advice, yet the chain of maxims and epithets does more to expose the folly and naivete of an old courtier mimicking the plain platitudes of royal court life rather...

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“Anywhere Out of the World” Analysis

Anywhere Out of the World This life is a hospital where every patient is possessed with the desire to change beds; one man would like to suffer in front of the stove, and another believes that he would recover his health beside the window. It always seems to me that I...

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Perry Steps Out — Who’s Next?

He lost his momentum one month into his campaign last year, when the GOP voters realized that he could not communicate effectively. He stumbled in debate after debate, quickly attempting to recover the surge of enthusiasm that he has initially harnessed when he...

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Response to “Sowell’s Despair”

Iran is not the final threat to avoid or despair over. Newt Gingrich is not the answer to our nation's political problems, either, a religious man whose chronic failures have evinced a capacity for opportunism, not opportunity. Mitt Romney is not real, simple as that....

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Cameron’s Conservatives Want Out!

They want the UK out of the Eurozone. With the looming collapse threatening the Common Market, the British public are growing weary of their attachment to the Continent's financial misfortunes. They have long opposed casting aside the British pound, still trading...

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Response to “Stuck in a pension bind”

By empowering a federal judge to shred current employee contracts and permit the city to redraw its pension outlays, the City would save itself from certain political and fiscal disaster, while forcing the nasty and unpopular decisions on an unelected representative,...

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“It’s Working!” On Wisconsin!

According to recent reports from the state budget offices, stripping public unions of their collective bargaining rights has enabled cash-strapped school districts and other government agencies to cut costs. Requiring that public employees contribute more toward their...

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