Author Archives: floegel

The Other Shoe

6/1/2006 – 7:54 am

Last week’s commentary on global warming elicited a stream of responses, some scolding me for being gloomy; one reader expressed gratitude for being 88 years old. I wish the news was better, but I’d rather know that not know, so hold on: this week the other shoe drops. The other shoe is peak oil, a […]

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In My Life

5/25/2006 – 4:08 pm

Tuesday’s local newspaper said May 2006 was the wettest on record – over six and half inches and eight days to go before the end of the month. We’ve had rain since and we’re supposed to have more tomorrow and Saturday. It’s depressing for us all and especially hard on the lady down the block […]

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By Any Other Name

5/18/2006 – 3:18 pm

If Bill Clinton’s contribution to the American political dictionary was a redefinition of the word “adulterer,” because what he did with “that young woman” wasn’t really cheating, then George W. Bush’s contribution is a redefinition of “totalitarian,” because he claims his lying to and spying on citizens, is really all in our best interest. (Come […]

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Do-Overs

5/11/2006 – 10:30 am

On Monday, would-be 9-11 terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui said he lied under oath about his al Quaeda membership and asked a federal judge to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea and be tried on his original charges. Mr. Moussaoui essentially asked the court for a do-over. Judge Leonie Brinkema turned him down. It’s difficult to […]

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Over the Line

5/4/2006 – 5:45 am

I don’t know what America’s policy should be toward immigrants. Clearly, “days without immigrants” would cripple our economy, but how do we keep from being overwhelmed? How do we establish a policy that’s fair? Perhaps the way to find the answer is to begin at the extremes and work our way in, eliminating the unworkable […]

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First They Came for the Airlines

4/27/2006 – 10:57 am

George W. Bush, who proclaimed America’s “oil addiction,” in his January State of the Union address, exhibited a classic symptom of addiction Tuesday: denial. As the price of a gallon of gas heads for (and beyond) three dollars, Mr. Bush proposed a truly meaningless agenda, asking oil companies to invest some of their outrageous profits […]

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Where to Start

4/20/2006 – 1:52 pm

The United States now stands at one of the lowest points in our 230-year history. Everything is broken, what should we fix first? (We could fire Don Rumsfeld, but the only person who can do it is the only person who doesn’t get it.) We have some influence over the process that got us into […]

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