A common-sense documentary, and the vaccine to Michael Moore.

Swine flu.

I returned from the Atlanta Tea Party and I wanted to offer some of what I saw—and what I did not see...

When I was a kid, I was told as I visited the observatory on fieldtrips that people—humans—are unable to fathom the depths of space, the distance between stars, and the sheer enormity of it all. I was also told that a person could count to a billion in about 30-40 years, assuming that they had 24 hours a day to do so. Now try 1 trillion.

When I talk about taxes, I often get complicated as to its ins and outs, but I was recently made aware of an emerging documentary about the IRS Tax Code by a modern day muckraker who carries a camera and a microphone. He emphatically asserted to me his wish to make this think piece on the American tax system as impartial as possible, interviewing both Neal Boortz and Noam Chomsky. But he commented that a sizable majority of this documentary’s supporters were in fact Conservatives. That is a sharp uptick from “Sicko” and “Fahrenheit 9/11” and it got me thinking as to why.

There are times in hallowed antiquity when the past reflects itself in the present, and as I write this article, I am obliged to share with you the ancient origins of the term “fire sale.”