Very few people can say that they didn't grow up with James Bond. Mr. 007 has been the ubiquitous spy in our lives for decades, long enough that a tuxedo has become synonymous with being a spy, more so than being at a black-tie affair.

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There's a big huff and puff going on in Berkeley. Them hippies are caught up in the storm of yet another conniption because of them meanie Republicans. They're throwing snowball fight words like "racist" and "ignorant" at the poor outnumbered Republicans who claim they are the bulwark against the forces...

Revisionist Historian was a title often given to W. Changing facts, revising the very history that we were witnessing, in order to justify his policy decisions.

Then came a new leader, an honest man, a beacon we could all look to for guidance, for justice, and for...

Among the various reasons we were given, ("WMD", etc.) the Iraq invasion was also about W wanting to kick some serious butt because Saddam messed with his old man. It was Bush v. Saddam. It was personal.

Then, there's Egypt. Mubarak messed with the wrong man. He pushed and...

Somewhere along the way, we lost ourselves. We gave ourselves up. We relinquished command. "Ground control," we said, "take over. I'd rather watch TV."

We are no longer captains of our own ships, commanders of our own fates, masters of our own destinies. We are like those unmanned drones over...

I was having coffee with a friend recently, a rare social outing for me nowadays, and we got to talking about the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.

He was telling me that he can't make out why these "crazies" won't accept us being there, that we are there to help...

Hollywood just can't seem to do right by me, although I'm certain that I don't matter to Hollywood, anyway.

It's just that, I've been a devoted and loyal follower for so long, and it feels like Tinseltown, you've abandoned me; you are a two-faced traitor with no soul!

Take...

I know the world loves to follow. I'm sorry if you don't like to admit it, but it's just the way it is. We've gotten too lazy. We hardly do anything for ourselves anymore.

We have people praying for us, shopping for us, reading for us. We have people telling...

I think we should pay a little attention to history, both ours and theirs, in order to come out ahead in this chaotic struggle for world peace and prosperity. Take Afghanistan, for example.

Afghanistan has a very violent history. It has been invaded by just about everyone. Alexander the Great...

I'm a bit confused about this whole torture ordeal we're currently going through.

It seems as if the people who were actually doing the torturing, the foot soldiers, so to speak, will not be prosecuted at all. They get set free. Basically, they are not expected to have ever...

The media puts a spin on everything, for the most part, and no matter which network you're on. Some try to stay fair, and so their intentions are center, but their sources are actually biased one way or another, and so the result is unintentional biased news about the truth...

George W. Bush was not my favorite person in the world; let's be upfront about that. I am unable to conceal the acrimony that just gushes out whenever I'm describing him. But with that said, don't you kind of miss him? Just ever so slightly?

I do. I truly do....

I love movies. I really do. I could sit all day and night and watch movies. Not that I actually would, mind you; my wife would kill me.

Movies are a panacea to most of my life's worries. Whenever I feel the blues, I push play on my DVD...

My buddy in Texas called me last week to wish me a Merry Christmas and was taken aback when I thanked him, but informed him that I do not celebrate Christmas, that I was not Christian. He actually took offense.

It shocked me. I researched into it and found...

I take issue with the term "African American."

I often read things about the "African American vote," for example, compared to, say, the "white vote." By changing "black" to "African American," a segment of the population is made foreign. An African American is an American of African descent. Which of...

There are a plethora of topics that are newsworthy. Topics that people should hear about. I am appalled that topics that should be reported are being forsaken for a mendacious propaganda designed to bamboozle readers and make money.

There are "stories" that are stealing airtime from far more important,...

With Obama as our president, I feel like I've won the Academy Award for being an American. I feel like I've won the Nobel Peace Prize and the Pullitzer for best country. I feel inclined to jump up on every couch like Tom Cruise and burst out into song and...

I have this cute little dog, an adorable fluffy white Maltese. Her name is Lola and she's one of those jocose little creatures that make you smile just thinking about her. You know that warm-and-fuzzy you get when you look at even a photograph of something or someone so adorable...

I watch a lot of movies, and I know movies are not always accurate, but I think when you see cops that refuse to shoot in a busy marketplace, for example, that's generally accurate. When a bad guy comes barreling around the corner and jumps over a bicyclist and runs...