Kicking Russia out of the G-8 would be a bad idea.

When media is forced to devote time to good news, nobody should be happy.

According to the nonpartisan Congress.org, nine of the 10 least effective (i.e., least powerful) members of Congress are Republicans.

Jesse Jackson steals the spotlight with nasty remark about Barack Obama.

A presidential election wouldn’t be the same without a controversial statement from Reverend Jessie Jackson.

Actual phone conversations with customer service:

Generally the summer is a slow news time, especially for politics. It’s a chance for us to get a break from the campaigns and politicians and a chance for the campaigns and politicians to regroup.

At some point in history, America’s Wild West became the Less-Wild West — with the rule of law taking over from the justice of the six-shooter, with codified norms of society replacing the often-unbridled ethics of frontier life.

The key to my happiness was missing.

Oil prices dropped almost 10 dollars the first two days of this week. Unfortunately, that left oil at around 136 dollars a barrel; well over twice what is was when the Democrats took over Congress after promising to lower the cost of oil if they were elected.  America voted to change direction, and we did.

You may have caught that news item a couple of weeks ago that reported on road rage on our highways. It seems that at least one thing these hothead drivers have in common (other than the obvious fact, of course, that they’re idiots) is that they adorn their vehicles with lots of bumper stickers.

I put my house on the market recently.

The members of the Board of County Supervisors (BOCS) spend a lot of time gnashing their teeth and wringing their hands about the financial problems the county faces, but they spend precious little time devising ways to reduce costs. Thus, they solve budgetary problems the only way they know how — by raising taxes.

Thomas Riley Marshall may have been the best, even if known mainly as the guy who once quipped: “What this country needs is a really good five-cent cigar!”

America needs to declare its independence from foreign oil.

I like Days. I don’t mean to say that I don’t like days, ordinary days, because I like most of them too.

Every once in a while, something happens that makes me feel really old. Most of the time it happens when I deal with the younger generation. 

George Carlin is gone, but the kinds of free-speech conflicts he skewered in his comedic routines live on. So does the national debate over where First Amendment protections end and government regulation begins on broadcast speech and speech in public.

Back by popular demand — and, yes, I consider one demand to be wildly popular — it’s the Write Scott’s Column While He Is On Vacation or Performing His Court-Ordered Community Service Contest.

Patriotism. The free online dictionary defines “Patriotic” as “Feeling, expressing, or inspired by love for one’s country.” It’s a word we use a lot, especially this time of year. 

I was casually taking my semi-annual stock of the nation the other day in which I closely examine various societal components and gauge their progress, or a lack, thereof, when compared to past activity — specifically home values, unemployment, gas prices, stocks, and business and personal bankruptcies — and I have come up with a rather unsettling conclusion.

Many things have changed in my life over the years, but one thing has remained constant: my love affair with automobiles.

How bad is it for John McCain? Some of his supporters keep suggesting he would have a better shot at the White House if he promised to serve only one term.

The harder times get the more most of us have to come to one conclusion: there is a difference between needs and wants. Could someone please tell the state Senate that as well?

America…
Founded by 18 century English colonial aristocrats who used 17 century British philosophers and classical figures and forms of government as their guide.

Kermit Love, a costume designer who helped create Sesame Street’s iconic Big Bird character, has died at the age of 91. We never met (I’m speaking of Kermit. Big Bird and I both appeared in an off-Broadway production of “Road House: The Musical” back in the ‘80s. Ah, good times…wait, that wasn’t me.)

I am my mother’s American dream. I was born in Fairfax Inova Hospital.

Yesterday was my 25th wedding anniversary. Now, 25 years seems like a long time. I’ve been married over half of my life now — longer than I was single. Long enough to know whether I’ll get in trouble for this column.

The last time I paid to see George Carlin as a stand-up comic, he was not particularly funny. Nor, I suspect, did he really mean to be.

Yesterday was my 25th wedding anniversary. Now, 25 years seems like a long time. I’ve been married over half of my life now — longer than I was single. Long enough to know whether I’ll get in trouble for this column.