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Don’t get me wrong. I’m full of sympathy, but two stories in the paper this morning made me laugh hysterically:
First, the National Alliance on Mental Illness is asking us not to dress up like “psychos” for Halloween.
Second, an elementary school in Massachusetts has banned all contact sports at recess, including tag, for fear of litigation.

$44 billion on immigration enforcement, including a “virtual fence.” Now pardon me for asking but are we sure all the immigrants are coming through the desert. I know that the popular imagery is the mexican worker crawling through the desert to reach America. But I’d bet good money that quite a few immigrants are coming through checkpoints.
$44 billion? Can that [...]

Published in the Chicago Tribune August 10, 2006.
With party politics becoming increasingly polarized and with more and more Americans unwilling to identify themselves as Republican or Democrat, buzz about the viability of a third party in 2008 is palpable.
Sure, pundits with established reputations scoff at such brazen suggestions. But I would guess that every one [...]