http://kingofforest.com Rants, Reactions, Ruminations, and Remedies from a thoughtful citizen Wed, 07 May 2008 19:54:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is my take on Barack Obama and the Reverend Wright: most people and especially Obama partisans, have missed the point. mail order abilify cost of acai cost of accutane aciphex no prescription acomplia no prescription online actonel actos price cost of aleve allegra drugs alli rx buy cheap altace cheap antibiotics aricept mg discount arimidex buying ashwagandha astelin atacand best price atarax price discount augmentin discount avandia avapro drugs avodart uk bactrim ... http://kingofforest.com/archives/179 It seems we are about to embark on a long overdue "dialog on race". That's what everyone in the media, both traditional and online, are saying -- that Barack Obama's speech on race has opened a window of opportunity. All we need to do it step through ... http://kingofforest.com/archives/178 Here we are in the thick of the election season and, as always happens during such times, we hear endless declarations from the candidates about the various problems that they will fix for us if we will only vote for them, and endless discussion from activists and advocates and self-declared ... http://kingofforest.com/archives/177 In December of 2007 The New York Times' Board Blog featured an expression of outrage about a particular form of "voter suppression" -- attempts to prevent students from voting. The prototypical incident they cited came from Georgia Southern University where a local citizens' group began challenging student voter registrations ... http://kingofforest.com/archives/176 The self-righteousness of those who proclaim that profit is the beast eating the health-care industry and that all would be wonderful if we could just remove profit from the system is both annoying and tedious. http://kingofforest.com/archives/175 In November of 2007, in the runup to the presidential primaries, Diane Rehm hosted on her show a discussion of presidential debates, of their benefits and shortcomings, and of how they ought to be changed. http://kingofforest.com/archives/174 The day after the Iowa caucuses The New York Times lead their editorial page with yet another condemnation of the way we choose our presidential candidates, and in particular of the fact that those hicks in Iowa and New Hampshire seem to have so much more sway over the process ... http://kingofforest.com/archives/173 Last November The New York Times published a piece by Paul Davies in which he took on the attitude of superiority with which secular scientists (his model, apparently, was those like Richard Dawkins, whose recently published book advocating atheism was one of several that sparked a firestorm between believers and ... http://kingofforest.com/archives/172 Now that Mitt Romney has felt the need to address the nation on the matter of his faith I'm posting this, which I wrote a month ago and submitted to The Boston Globe in response to a column on the issue by one of their regular columnists. They declined the opportunity ... http://kingofforest.com/archives/171 Now that this site has moved into its own domain I suppose I ought to provide a link back to its original home, which is still relevant. Here it is: I Want A Choice It provides a brief commentary -- and some recommendations -- on our electoral process. -apl Update: The domain ... http://kingofforest.com/archives/170