Here’s a simple one pot meal your whole family will enjoy. You can also double or triple the recipe to feed a crowd for a casual gathering. I usually top mine off with some shredded cheddar-jack cheese or a dollop of fresh guacamole. A cold Corona Extra with a lime wedge is the perfect accompaniment. [...]
If we compare the process of determining the winners in two recent Senate races, it is obvious that our electoral system is badly in need of reform. In the November general elections, Republican incumbent Saxby Chambliss of Georgia faced challengers from both the Democratic and Libertarian parties. Chambliss won 49.8% of the votes cast in [...]
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has intentionally created a racial divide within his own party by appointing Roland Burris to fill the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus who had earlier stated that Blagojevich should not be allowed to appoint a replacement are now saying that Burris cannot be denied [...]
As I mentioned here a few weeks ago, my passion for cooking has recently been reignited. I’ve been digging out some of my favorite recipes, and my plan is to share one with my readers each week. Some of these will be original creations of mine, and some are borrowed from guest instructors who worked [...]
The battle between gay rights supporters and defenders of traditional marriage took a bizarre twist this week. The New Jersey State Division On Civil Rights ruled that a lesbian couple could proceed with their discrimination complaint against the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, for refusing to allow the couple to hold a civil union ceremony [...]
Even though this blog is slightly less than a year old, I couldn’t resist the urge to put together a Top 10 list of the most popular posts for 2008. The rankings are based on the number of page views each post has received throughout the year. Of the 119 items I’ve posted this year, [...]
Cooking is something I’ve enjoyed for as long as I can remember. My mother cooked out of a sense of maternal obligation, but it was obvious that she never got a moment of pleasure from it. I realized at a very early age that if I wanted something really good I was going to have [...]
If General Motors and Chrysler win major concessions from the UAW as a result of the bailout agreement, will Ford still be saddled with the existing contracts?
There has been a great deal of misinformation floating around about the hourly wages paid to UAW members by GM, Ford and Chrysler. The most common figure cited is around $71.00 per hour, but most of the people using this number either don’t understand what it means, or they are deliberately misrepresenting the facts to [...]
Every day we hear politicians telling us that we are in the midst of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. While we may be heading in that direction, current evidence suggests that this is a gross exaggeration. Either the people who are trying to convince us that the sky is falling are woefully [...]