Deep Something

A Time For Anger, A Call To Action

March 23, 2007September 29, 2018 B. John 574 Views 0 Comments methodist, religious, Constitution, Constitutional, Democracy, Occidental College, Woodrow Wilson, bill moyers, Religion, jesus

I have come across the continent to talk to you about two subjects close to my heart. I care about them as a journalist, a citizen and a grandfather who looks at the pictures next to my computer of my five young grandchildren who do not have a vote, a lobbyist in Washington, or the means to contribute to a presidential candidate. If I don’t act in their behalf, who will?

Politics Congress Election

Letter to Sen. Bill Nelson Re: His Vote on The Detainee Bill

October 12, 2006 B. John 1215 Views 0 Comments Thomas Jefferson, Detainee Treatment Act, Senator Bill Nelson, Thomas Paine, torture, Constitution

The following letter was faxed yesterday to the campaign headquarters of Senator Bill Nelson. Today, I received an email from the office manager there saying she intended to put the letter in his nightly reading box. Let me know what you think.

Culture Fun Stuff

For Whom is Geoge Mason University Named?

March 31, 2006April 29, 2018 B. John 1362 Views Constitution, Bill of Rights, Final Four, Founding Fathers, George Mason, George Mason University

This entry is in the series Deep Questions

Thanks to the basketball team’s success, many are eager to know more about the school — specifically, who was George Mason and why does he have a university named after him?

Politics Constitution Presidency Society Crime Corruption

Final Word on Attorney Season In Texas

February 20, 2006 B. John 447 Views Constitution, Dick Cheney, Hunting, Shooting, Arrogance, Crime, vice president

My final word on the VP Dick Cheney shooting scandal.

Politics Courts Religion Society Right Wingnuts

Alito's America A Scary Place

October 31, 2005September 29, 2018 B. John 636 Views discrimination, Religion, roe v wade, wingnuts, scalito, Bush, Politics, supreme court, white house, religious, alito, conservative, Constitution

I might as well get a post about Bush’s Supreme Court Nominee out of the way. In bowing to the religious fanatics on the right, he’s pretty much sealed the fate of our Constitutional rights to be left alone by the government.