Why Bruno might be the most Christian movie you’ll see this year…
Sacha Baron Cohen’s films "Borat" or rather, "Borat: Cultural Learnings From America Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," his 2006 box office hit, and now his latest release "Bruno" seem to...
View ArticleHealth Care Reform: A story of intrigue and power with a do it yourself ending…
They are going to write about us you know. Someday, in the distant future, books will be written and movies will be made about we the people who lived in the time of the Great Recession. I’m talking...
View ArticleSome like it hot? Really?
Well, Al Gore was right after all. Global warming is upon us, at least here in the Pacific Northwest, at least here in my kitchen. Personally I thought GW was going to be a more gradual process, a...
View ArticleThe Birther Movement: Losing steam or gaining momentum?
Politics without conspiracy is like politics without sex scandals. They just seem to go together- sort of like peanut butter and jelly only not as delicious. Would it be nice, on occasion, to have the...
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The Politics of Underwear…
This article will appear in tomorrow’s print edition. When Hillary Clinton was in Africa last week, her first visit to those nations as Secretary of State, she was asked what her husband thought about...
View ArticleMini-van brings the health care crisis home…
An epiphany occurred during a recent oil change and with the help of my auto mechanic I think I may finally have a grasp on the health care crisis. "While we were under the van we saw something" "Saw...
View ArticlePope sanctions Darwin
This week an academic conference is taking place at the University of Notre Dame, titled “Darwin in the 21st Century: Nature, Humanity, and God.” It is timed with the 150th anniversary of the...
View ArticleBaily Bennett, a little boy of uncommon courage
Tacoma recently lost one of its bravest little citizens, Baily Bennett. A few months ago, I wrote about how his parents struggled with insurance loopholes that threatened his care, and I wrote about...
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Signs of grief
Stuck at a stoplight on Steilacoom Blvd and South Tacoma Way today, I couldn’t help but notice a half dozen businessmen putting up a very large sign. They secured it to trees that line the busy...
View ArticleLand of the free, home of the bikini barista . . .
This column will appear in Friday’s print edition. Once upon a time, in the story that is America, Puritan law forbade any hint of sexuality. If a Puritan woman showed any signs of impropriety, she was...
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