War And Peace Sissies Never Get Elected To Office--But They May Be The Only Ones Who Can Save Us Moshe Dayan, the former Israeli defense minister, once said, “If you want peace, you don’t talk to your friends, you talk to your [...] Eric Griego \ Jan 25, 2007 Read More
A Guide To Surviving The 2007 Legislative Session What do you get when you cram 112 state legislators, hundreds of eager staffers and more lobbyists than ticks on rez dogs into [...] Eric Griego \ Jan 11, 2007 Read More
The House Page Investigation Whitewash Why Congress Shouldn’t Police Itself "I don’t remember …"–Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert in response to whether he was told about Congressman Mark Foley’s electronic messages to House [...] Eric Griego \ Dec 14, 2006 Read More
Wal-Mart And Gays The Righteous New Cause Of The Religious Right I’m the last guy to stand up for Wal-Mart. Sure, they sell stuff cheap, but it’s because they pay substandard wages, offer few [...] Eric Griego \ Nov 30, 2006 Read More
The Proof Is In The Pudding Why Lefties Love Charter Schools “We need to get us some of that there re-form.” –Gov. Pappy O’Daniels’ campaign advisors in O Brother, Where Art Thou?Even though Reform [...] Eric Griego \ Nov 16, 2006 Read More
Something In The Air? The Smell Of Blood, Perhaps? The 2006 Election Is Upon Us. What A Show. To loosely quote a famous philosopher whose name I forget: Elections are the process by which the people are free to choose the [...] Eric Griego \ Nov 02, 2006 Read More
For Sale: Land And Property. Whites Only. Repeal A Racist Section Of The State Constitution--Vote “Yes” For Constitutional Amendment No. 1 For those of you laggards who have not yet filled out your absentee ballot or voted early, here is some important information on [...] Eric Griego \ Oct 19, 2006 Read More
Fifty Bucks For Culture Quality Of Life Tax Is Good Economics Way down on the Nov. 7 ballot, below all of the state and county races, there is a proposal that could have a [...] Eric Griego \ Oct 05, 2006 Read More
Wanted: A World-Class Workforce Thomas Friedman’s now famous book The World is Flat laid out a gloomy future for American workers. According to Friedman, technology has leveled [...] Eric Griego \ Sep 21, 2006 Read More
Low-Tech In A High-Tech World iPods, BlackBerries, satellite radio. The boom in new technology media and communication products has transformed the way we interact as humans. It has [...] Eric Griego \ Sep 07, 2006 Read More