As we approach Father’s Day, sentimental stories will abound, along with feminist and post-feminist reflections on fathering and maleness.

It is Spring again and now that the rain has ceased, the pollens are released and my allergies assert themselves with full force.

The challenge of illegal or “undocumented” aliens/immigrants will not go away. Global agribusiness and other service industries enjoy cheap labor and radical political forces are thrilled to watch a borderless environment emerge that will undermine the American Empire.

Here we go again. Radical Muslims calling for Israel’s destruction – or deportation back to Europe.

The Gaza Strip is in flames again. Iran is making noises about nukes. President Bush wants authority to protect us from terrorists and the Democrats fear the loss of civil liberties in the process. The 9th Circuit Cout in California truncates parental control over sex-ed for seven-year-olds. Govenor Terminator is terminating any attempts at fiscal restraint and the US-Mexico border does not exist. Meanwhile our children in college can take courses in aberrant sexuality and graduate without ever hearing about Aristotle.