Archive for October, 2008

Sorry, Mom. I’m a Republican.

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

I thought this piece (Weineg, 2004) was so "on the money", four years ago, that I am reposting it again this election year...and again on my mom's birthday :)  Happy Birthday, Mom! "Growing up as an upper-middle class, Jewish boy in New York City, I had almost no other choice than to ...

Welcome to the Republican Party

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many others her age, she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat, and among other liberal ideals, was very much in favor of higher taxes to support more government programs, in other words, redistribution of ...