Jack Ingram What is the status quo? The dictionary defines it as “the existing state of affairs.” But this definition is too benign, too vague and lacks the connotation necessary to give real-word meaning to such an abstract idea. History and hindsight have contributed to a more accurate definition, one that implies a rather negative […]
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Political convictions without political labels
Jack Ingram Last week, one of the letters to the editor claimed that I made a “classic liberal mistake.” Although a seemingly innocuous phrase, I thought, “what exactly did the author mean by ‘classic?’” Was there a flaw in my reasoning – a mistake that is common among liberals and therefore “classic?” Or was my […]
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Bush: tyrant, president or fool
Jack Ingram Call me crazy, but I have never been trusting of politicians. Like many, I find that politicians – Democrats and Republicans alike – often say one thing and, yet, more often do quite another. I suppose the old saying applies: “Actions speak louder than words”. So why is it then, that when the […]
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Bush: Committing the oldest sins in the newest kind of ways
Jack Ingram Sadly, I must admit that when the New York Times announced last month that President Bush ordered the National Security Agency (NSA), which focuses on international and foreign surveillance, to spy instead on American citizens, I hardly flinched. I suppose that for a man who usurped the electoral process in 2000, who mongers […]