The slippery slope
Here's what I don't understand. Conservatives are supposed to be for individual freedom. Some of them get upset when the government aids the poor because then what happens to the freedom to starve?
Conservatives are...
State of the Union address
"I never thought they had them there in the first place. But the president is just like anyone else -- he made a mistake."
Timothy Eaddy,
2100 block Webster Street
"I believe that everything happens for...
St. Anthony and the president
My Uncle Nunzi says everything with this president is missing. He can't find weapons of mass destruction. He can't find Osama bin Laden. He can't find Saddam. This administration has been all about looking...
Allegation against Kobe Bryant
"I don't really think he had anything to do with it. I think someone is just trying to bring him down. It doesn't change my opinion of him because I think they are two...
The incredible hulking lip
Pardon me if I have trouble taking The Hulk seriously. It has nothing to do with film snobbery. When it's on HBO, I'm sure I'll watch it and enjoy it for what it is,...
Independence Day freedoms
Photos by Jules Vuotto
"Freedom of speech."
Francis Schoettoe,
1800 block Durfor Street
"I think the freedom of speech is the most important, but when you call someone who's looking for help a panhandler, you're...
Turnabout is fair play
Is the "liberal" media unfairly burying the Bush administration? That's pretty much the way conservatives see the criticism of the failure to find weapons of mass destruction and the president's tax cut. Where Hillary...
Affirmative action
"Sure we do. It's hard for us to reach the Supreme Court on many issues, but I think we need affirmative action to make things equal-opportunity."
Kathleen Lilly,
100 block Watkins Street
"I think it does...
Iraq War justified
"Certainly. There were thousands of mass graves. I mean, do you want these people to nuke us?"
Tom Newman,
2900 block S. Smedley Street
"I think the reasons were shallow. They went in under false pretenses...
An odd addiction
I haven't seen a moth in my house for years. In fact, if there is an official definition of a "moth-free zone," my house is it.
As far as I can tell, moths are an...
