One Man's Opinion

If you’re in your fifties, sixties or more and deciding to try online dating, you may be in for quite a ride. Outside of the normal differences and misunderstandings between the sexes that we’ve always had, now you have people who haven’t “dated” in a billion years, give or take. In the best case, t

Do we have more freedoms in the world these days or less? The huge one we are losing is the freedom to disagree and to express that. If our opinion differs from a particular group in the spotlight these days, we are guilty of crimes all the way from abuse to phobias to hate crimes. [...]

CNN has just put out another front page item where President Obama is blasting the Republicans, again. He’s pushing a new $350 Billion plan to “lift the sagging economy.” Wait a minute. This is supporting business, at least on the face of it. Is he trying to beat the GOP at their own game? What [...

President Obama is making the news today telling everyone that he’s turning his attention to the economy. Well, it’s about time. It’s in shambles, Mr. President and the overall gross numbers may not indicate all the disastrous micro-trends or the one-off and two-off effects. Please note that we do n

For a very long time now, my home page has been cnn.com. I can no longer in good conscience keep it that way. These days you will be hard pressed to find any substantial piece on the site as much filled with news as opinion. I can’t figure out if it’s policy, lack of editing [...]

CNN is running an online poll: Should the U.S. continue offshore drilling despite the risks? The answers are currently running 61% yes and 39% no with 331,000 votes in. Now mind you, if we drill all areas of the coasts, east, west, Gulf and Alaska, the total haul would only be a bit over a [...]

Remember the burning oil rig out in the Gulf we wrote about yesterday? Well, on the special day, CNN is reporting that the rig is leaking oil into the Gulf. The oil rig itself has sunk into the Gulf. Crude oil is leaking from here at 8,000 barrels per day. The Coast Guard is “preparing” [...]

Check out CNN today for the latest drilling news story. At least eleven people are missing after an explosion on an oil rig just 52 miles southeast of Venice, Louisiana. As of 2 P.M. today, it was still burning. The company that owns the rig owns 140 offshore drill rigs. Talk about understatement, “

USA Today reported last week that there has been a sharp increase in unemployment for male soldiers returned from Iraq and Afghanistan. The unemployment for that group has tripled since the recession and stands at 15 percent last month. That’s more than 250,000 with another 400,000 having left the w

“Obama wants nuclear arms reductions” was stated earlier this week with his new policy announced. Today we see that he’s done a deal with Russia to have both countries reduce offensive nuclear weapons (but not defensive). In a few more days, he will convene a summit of 47 nations on nuclear security