Columnists

THE PUBLIC EYE:America’s Four Wars: An Opportunity

Bob Burnett
Thursday January 15, 2015 - 06:04:00 PM

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” So begins Dickens “A Tale of Two Cities,” set amidst the French Revolution in 1789. So might begin a tale of 2015 where the US economy is booming, yet citizens feel hopeless; where we are continually presented with technical wonders, but elect fools to Congress. The paradoxical tone of 2015 should not be surprising because Americans are laboring under the stress of four wars. This is an opportunity for liberals. -more-


ON MENTAL ILLNESS: Overcoming a Thought Disorder

Jack Bragen
Friday January 16, 2015 - 08:38:00 AM

Persons with a psychotic type disorder have brains that more easily accept thoughts as being facts. A person with a schizophrenic brain does not have the same ability, compared to someone non-afflicted, to know what is real versus what is merely a thought. -more-