Guy Smith | July 29, 2007
I want to plug a place that earned a permanent spot in my cynical old heart. In this wicked and woeful world, finding people with good hearts, who care deeply and are passionate about life, they are rare finds. This past week I may have struck the mother lode.
Such is the nature of the Wild [...]
Guy Smith | July 25, 2007
A long standing theory of mine is that the more individualistic are the members of a political party, the less likely they will take elected office and keep controlling majorities.
The theory is pretty simple: Every organization must have a consistent mission, and be able to communicate with the consumers of their product. This includes corporations, [...]
Guy Smith | July 23, 2007
Who says politics isn’t entertaining?
Normally one has to look to Republicans for self destructive behavior. Be it the pedophile-in-training Mark Foley (who was the actual reason for massive Republican defeats in the 2006 election cycle), or the happy hooker hiring Republican Senator David Vitter (who must have adopted a prostitute or two to make them [...]
Guy Smith | July 18, 2007
Me? I support people who dodged bullets to vote instead of those who dodged votes for more bullets.
Guy Smith | July 12, 2007
Moby Dick is proof that writers should not own a thesaurus. Hell, I had to look up “circumambulate.”
Precise writing is powerful. Precise word use makes for precise writing. But precision means choosing the right word for the audience. Melville apparently tried to prove intellectual depth through employing every arcane word he could identify. In the [...]
