Franklin and Winston Were the Bad Guys – REALLY?

Winston Churchill seldom, if ever, struggled with a lack of self-confidence. When he was in his early thirties he remarked: “We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glowworm.” So years later when he said, “History will be kind to me for I intend to write it,” I’m...

Keystone Exit Data – What It Suggests

For those of us who have believed for a while that Sen. Barack Obama would be a more vulnerable Democratic nominee than Sen. Hillary Clinton, the exit-poll data that emerged in yesterday’s Pennsylvania primary provides some ammo. He emerged as the clear leader...

Talking Sense to the American People

Why do poliical pundits, who clearly know better, promulgate simplistic and unrealistic explanations of the phenomena they cover? Maybe they’d rather raise red herrings than supply answers; once you’ve given the answer what more is there to write on the...

LA Times Wrong On Heston’s Vietnam Position

On April 14, I sent the following letter wto the Los Angeles Times. Unless I missed it, the letter has not been published, which indicates the errors the Times made in a previous article will be left uncorrected: To the Editor: Tina Daunt wrote many accurate and...

The Great Pennsylvania Debate – in McKeesport

Presidential debates, especially the intra-party variety we are witnessing these days, are frequent to the point of becoming common place, if not benign. They seem to prove what Marshall McLuhan said about medium equaling message. The recent gotcha-fest between...

You Say Detente, I Say Entente

Father Taylor is away for a couple of days, so allow me to take this opportunity to debase the integrity of The New Nixon by spreading a possibly frivolous and probably scurrilous rumor. The newly annointed Chairman of the United Moscow party may have decided to...