Category Archives: Commentary

… and the last shall be first

8/7/1997 – 10:46 am

Have you ever been to Tuvalu? Have you ever heard of Tuvalu? I’ve been asking around lately. One friend said, “You mean, like the honey? That’s tupelo.” No, not tupelo, Tuvalu. Tuvalu is one of the smallest nations on earth. It consists of nine atolls in the southwest Pacific Ocean. In the rank of nations, […]

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Everything Must Go

7/31/1997 – 10:45 am

America is getting better every day. Each morning I rise and breathe the sweet air of liberty and I know today will be better than yesterday and tomorrow is still to come. Why is America getting better? I’ll tell you why – privatization. That’s right, privatization. The United States of America, led by God and […]

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Anti-Food

7/24/1997 – 10:43 am

Right now, in various cities around the United States, Frito-Lay is test-marketing potato chips made with a synthetic product that tastes like fat, but is not “fattening,” to use my mother’s word. The product, “olestra,” is made by Procter and Gamble and is designed to pass through the digestive system without being digested. The alleged […]

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Carbon Logic

7/17/1997 – 10:24 am

I’m calling from Alaska this week and I think I must be one of only ten people up here who is not looking for oil. You may remember a few weeks ago I spoke about Bill Clinton and Al Gore obstructing progress on climate change. The reason I think that has much to do with […]

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Virgins and Volcanos

7/10/1997 – 10:22 am

The newspapers of late have been full of portentous events, from the artificial, such as the Pathfinder landing on Mars, to the natural – volcanoes in Mexico and on the island of Montserrat. Approximately half the citizens of Montserrat, in the Caribbean, have fled the island, which is a good idea – when you share […]

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Time Present, Time Future

7/3/1997 – 10:21 am

There’s a famous story from the early days of public opinion polling and it goes like this: a telephone poll taken during the 1936 presidential election indicated Republican challenger Alf Landon would defeat Democratic incumbent Franklin Roosevelt by a wide margin. The poll was, of course, wrong and the story has been taught to journalism […]

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Come Hell or Hot Weather

6/26/1997 – 3:58 pm

Strange things happen in the hot sun. A few hours out in the midday glare and people are doing all kinds of things they would never do on a sober winter’s evening. If you don’t believe me, take a peek at the asinine fashions that show up at your Fourth of July barbecue. Five years […]

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