Thursday, September 21, 2006 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Advertisers Beginning to Get Really Nervous About Commercial Skipping
• Being a Writer Does Not Automatically Make You an Expert on Technology
• The HDMI Socket - A Failure Begging to Happen

Monday, August 21, 2006 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Sen. Barack Obama Hailed as Native Son in Africa - Nobody Mentions His White Mother

Friday, July 7, 2006 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Space-Station Fever
• The New York Times Has Delusions of Grandeur
• Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-121 Back in Good Shape
• Losing the Will to Live
• Hysterical Historical Facts

Sunday, June 4, 2006 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Internet and Phone Monitoring - Invasion of Privacy or Self Defense?
• Protecting Your Data

Monday, May 1, 2006 - and following

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• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Bomb Iran? Are You Crazy? Part II
• Southwestern Bell, SBC, AT&T - Cingular, AT&T Wireless - Make Up Your Mind
• Gen. Hayden's CIA Confirmation Hearing

Saturday, April 1, 2006 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• NSA Wiretap Controversy Based on Few Facts
• The Open-Ended Subscription to PC Magazine
• Weather Radio Update 2006

Sunday, March 12, 2006 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Bomb Iran? Are You Crazy?
• WiFi For Non-Geeks
• "Let's Beat Up On The Atkins Diet" Week

Sunday, February 12, 2006 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• My Ham-Radio Friend From Saint Petersburg
• Who Is There Left to Vote For?
• The Winter Olympics Are Over?

Saturday, January 14, 2006 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Without Broadband, a Home Computer is Nearly a Boat Anchor
• Lifespan - A Graduated Scale
• NSA Intercepts Completely Politicized - Facts Don't Count

Tuesday, December 20th, 2005 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Let's Do a Simple Hard-Drive Swap Out
• Bayer Aspirin Tells Blatant Lie In TV Ad
• New York City Transit Workers Have Delusions of Grandeur
• Who Are the Evangelicals? What Does it Mean to be "Born Again"?

Wednesday, November 16, 2005 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• There Is No Hope For Corporate America
• Cruel Republicans Cut Food Stamp Benefits
• How To Store Bananas
• What Sense Does It Make to Declare The Child Of An Illegal Immigrant A U.S. Citizen?

Sunday, Oct. 23, 2005 - and following

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• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Labor Unions Partly Responsible For Job Exodus
• Ear Wax Is Not All Bad
• Extending Cell Phone Coverage

Wednesday, October 5, 2005 - and following

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• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Judging the Justices and Those Who Judge Them
• FEMA ex-Director Brown "On Trial" in the House
• Our Country is Being Run by Old Geezers
• Americans Have a Drop in Heart Attacks & Cholesterol

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Do Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors? What Are Acoustic Neuromas?

Tuesday, August 2, 2005 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Statins Prevent Pneumonia - Maybe, Maybe Not - Anyway Who Cares?
• NASA Female Astronauts - And Worn-Out Shuttles
• Shuttle Discovery Returns - But Not Without Glitches

Saturday, July 9, 2005 - and following

• "Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• "The Secret Man," by Bob Woodward
• Shaquille O'Neal
• You Have Problems, We Have Fixes - Samsung
• Big Brother 6

Thursday, June 23, 2005 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• "All the President's Men" Revisited

Thursday, June 2, 2005 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Vitamin E and Harvard Med
• Bob Woodward and Deep Throat
• Clean Up Your Computer Desktop
• VCOM Fix-it Utilities 6 Professional

Sunday, May 1, 2005 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Sen. Wyden - Quit Whining About the Patriot Act
• New York Times on Repeal of Assault-Weapon Ban
• Medical Study Reports Have Many Flaws
• Air Defense of D.C. is Pathetic
• Let Texas Take the Lead on National ID Cards

Saturday, April 9, 2005 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Free Credit Reports Phasing In

Saturday, March 19, 2005 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan

Saturday, March 5, 2005 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Amiodarone (Cordarone) Forced by FDA to Admit Potential Lethal Effects
• Toothless in Wal-Mart
• Blood Pressure Medication Needs to Follow Body's Rhythms

Saturday, February 19, 2005 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The Congress - Pulling Rabbits Out of a Hat
• ACER Travelmate 4000WLCi Notebook

Wednesday, January 12, 2005 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• 98,000 Reasons to Stay Out of the Hospital
• Computer Firewall and Antivirus Protection
• Chinese Goods Flood the U.S.

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• What Happened to Comedy Skits on Late-Night?
• The End-Run for the New Cholesterol and Blood Pressure Guidelines

November 27, 2004 - and following

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• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Amiodarone - A Classic Case of Dangerous Over-Medication
• Hi-Definition DVD - Another Beta/VHS Fiasco
• No More Medical House Calls for Me
• Life in Laos During the Vietnam War

November 6, 2004, Saturday - and following

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• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Giving Thanks For a Political Victory
• Building Your Own Computer Is Not Rocket Science
• Vitamin E Controversy Not Over
• Sen. Byrd Reams a New Orifice For the Senate

October 4, 2004, Monday - and following

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• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The D.C. 27-Year Gun Ban - A Monumental Failure
• The Pitfalls of Online Dating
• Heart Disease, Statins, Pick a Theory
• Microsoft's .NET Framework
• Flu Shots Are Not Perfect - Flu Prevention Tips

September 3, 2004, Friday - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The Elite Eastern Media
• Order Your Credit Report - Good Luck
• Bill Clinton, I Feel Your Pain
• HP Hijacked My Grandson's Computer
• A Simple Test for Dumping Your Doctor
• Tips On Installing Windows XP SP2

August 11, 2004 Wednesday - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Bill Clinton Expounds on the "Assault-Weapon" Ban
• HDTV Comes to the Outback
• Olympic Musings
• Don't Rush Into XP SP2
• The US a Democracy? Well ... More or Less

July 10, 2004 Saturday - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The Scare About the FBI Checking on Your Library Books
• Rep. Corrine Brown, (D.Fla) A Disgrace to Congress and Her Constituency
• Customers Losing Faith in Symantec aka Norton
• Statins Inducing Heart Problems, Among Other Things
• HSN Pushed the "Truth" Beyond Permissible Limits
• Chairman Greenspan, Oh, Now I Understand

June 19, 2004 - Saturday - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The "One Drop" Theory Still Haunts Blacks
• Mozilla Firefox Internet Browser
• Wives' Financial Veto Power

May 16, 2004 - Sunday - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The "American Idol" Travesty
• Would a Jury Convict Anybody For Killing a Telemarketer?
• No Wonder Medicare Is In Trouble
• HDTV, Satellite HDTV, HDTV TV Sets
• Gay TV Shoved Down Your Throats

April 11, 2004 - Sunday

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Lawyers Are Ruining This Country
• SBC Calls to Make Sure I Have Everything I Need - And Calls and Calls and Calls!
• Google's Gmail Is a Bad Idea

March 13, 2004 - Saturday - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• What Is Wrong With Pro Baseball? Have You Ever Heard of Donald Fehr?
• Early American Imperialism
• Microsoft Always in Court - And Random Computer Observations

February 09, 2004 - Monday - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Handicapping the Democratic Race Starting Two Years Ago
• Samsung ML-2150 LaserJet - With Automatic Duplexing
• Iraq's WMD - Views of Past & Present CIA Directors
• Please. No More Federal Holidays

January 8, 2004 -Thursday - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The WTC Replacement - The Freedom Tower - Make Up Your Minds!
• The Food Pyramid
• Whatever Happened to the BATF?
• Apex TVs - Who the Heck is APEX?

Friday, December 5, 2003 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• ABC's "Nightline" Vindicates My "Being Barely Black" Articles

Sunday, November 09, 2003 - and following

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Questions For TV Network Execs
• The Fourth Target on September 11, 2001 - A Third Visit to the Subject
• 37 Moves And Counting
• The Customer Used To Be Always Right - Not Much Anymore

October 14, 2003 - Tuesday, (with add-ons)

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• World Series Miscellanea
• Drive-By Shots At The VA Hospital
• David Blaine's 44-day Fast Was Pushing the Envelope
• LIPITOR Continues to Cite Dubious Facts
• On TV, You Can't Tell the Players Without a Current Scorecard

September 1, 2003

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Defenses Against Viruses, Worms, and Spam - No Excuses Please!
• Where is South America and Does Anybody Live There?
• Nero Fiddles While CD-Rs Burn

Sunday, June 29 2003

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Top 10 Reasons Not To Watch David Letterman
• CNN Perpetrates the Biggest Gun-Control Lie I Can Ever Recall
• Keeping Cool This Summer
• TV Critic at Large
• DVD Decoding, File Sharing Sites, Software Piracy
• Memories From the Crypt

Saturday, May 10, 2003

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Presidential Photo Op of the Millennium
• Depleted Uranium Weapons
• Stamp Out Corporate Welfare - Well, Maybe Not
• A Few Words to the Wise
• Have You Not Yet Upgraded to Windows XP Home?

Monday, April 21, 2003

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Justice for Saddam & Sons
• Media Coverage of the Iraq War - From the Front Lines
• The Projection of U.S. Military Power
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, March 15, 2003

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The U.N. Security Council Charade
• The Fourth Target on September 11, 2001
• The World Trade Center Finalist
• More Reasons to Disparage Unions
• Why Are You Buying Name-Brand Aspirin?
• Remote Viewing, Aliens, and All That Jazz
• Radio Shack Abandons Asking For Name
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, March 1, 2003

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Carol Moseley-Braun Running For President - What an Insult
• Just Who Are These Radio Talk-Show Hosts?
• TV and Movie Union Costs Passed On To Consumer
• Music-Video DVDs Finally Come to the Outback
• Obesity Can Be Conguered in Small Steps
• The CCRadio-plus - DX (Long Distance) AM Radio
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, February 8, 2003

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• May God Watch Over the Crew of Columbia
• Secretary Powell at the U.N. - Put Up or Shut Up!
• Unarmed Helicopters "Protect" Washington, D.C.
• More Tiny Chinks in the Cholesterol-Saturated-Fat Argument
• Prejudice Has Many Faces
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, January 25, 2003

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The "Cholesterol Doesn't Matter" Debate Gains Momentum
• Politics Forces You to Be a Hypocrite
• Where Are the Charismatic and Untainted Black Candidates?
• Late-Night Radio Nostalgia
• Echoes From the Outback?
• Debunking Modern Climate Myths
• Please Stop the "Hillary For President" Hype
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Tuesday, January 7, 2003

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Democrats Desperately In Search of a President
• Bias On NBC Nightly News Re Thimerosal Lawsuits
• The NFL Quota System For Coaches
• U.S. Not Alone in Passing Anti-Terror Reforms
• Let South Korea Fend For Itself
• Hurry! Get Your Segway Scooter Before They Are Sold Out
• LCD Computer Monitors May Have Arrived
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, December 21, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The Iraq Poker Game
• Senator Trent Lott Shot Himself in Both Feet
• Wall Street Journal  "Media Whore" Re-Visited
• Let's Run Over to Nuevo Laredo For Dinner and Get a Five-Year Prison Term
• Ineptness in American Business Abounds
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, December 7, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• My First Nominee For "Media Whore" at The Wall Street Journal
• FBI Meeting Resistance From Colleges re Foreign Student Info
• Media Bias Takes Many Forms
• Too Many Unneeded Heart Bypass Operations
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, November 24, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The Role of Cholesterol and Saturated Fat Questioned
• Finding a Compatible Mate Is Not Easy
• The Free USDA Nutrient Database for PDAs
• Achilles Heel Versus Achilles Tendon
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, November 9, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The Unheeded Warnings About Flying Airliners Into Buildings
• Giving Thanks For the GOP Election Victories
• NBC - The National Boo-Boo Company
• Norton Internet Security 2003
• Coenzyme Q10 - A Multi-faceted Nutritional Supplement
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, October 26, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Sniper Rifles, Profiles, Eyewitnesses, and Media Experts
• Eyewitness Testimony is Problematic
• How Do They Know That They Have Hit a Home Run?
• Who Is Behind Door Number Two? Linda Gray?
• Dr. Phil and Road Rage
• The Media Trial of Dr. Steven J. Hatfill
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, October 12, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Civil Service Is a Threat to National Security
• Emotional Aid & Comfort to the Enemy
• A U.S. Occupation of Iraq? What a Dreadful Thought
• Fall TV - Initial Reactions
• Senators Malaprop
• The Obdurate and Divisive Senator Leahy
• The Mail-in Rebate Scam
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Monday September 30, 2002 12:30 p.m. CDT

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Enough Already About the 9/11 Victim's Compensation Fund Feud
• Battle of the Network Liars
• Miss America Pageant Going Downhill
• Senators Loco - A New TV Soap Opera in Mexico?
• Remembering Bob Hayes of the Dallas Cowboys
• Homeland Security Department May be Doomed by Dispute Over Employee Rights
• The New USB 2.0 External Hard Drives
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday September 14, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• How Long Should Americans Grieve For The 9/11 Victims and Families?
• The Fall TV Season
• Help Your Letter Get There - Use The Right Address Form
• Tennis Is A Very Simple Game
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday August 31, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The Invade Iraq Mantra Continues
• Department of Homeland Security to Deny Employee's Rights?
• The Tree-Huggers Never Give Up
• Who Lives In All Those Big Houses?
• American Idol - A Huge Surprise To A TV Cynic
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday August 17, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• If You Don't Have a PVR, Get One!
• John Magaw at TSA Sacked
• Spoken & Written English - Close Enough for Government Work?
• Being "Partly Black" - Part II
• 21st Century Teacher
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Sunday August 04, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• How is a Single Terrorist Different From a Group of Terrorists?
• CIA Burglar Has Higher Morals Than Corporate Executives
• Federal Judge Rules on Identity of Detainees
• U.S. Postal Service Sponsors A Bike-Racing Team - The USPS is Not GM!
• Congressional "White Trash"
• The Invasion of Iraq - Not So Fast Big Fellow
• England Paying the Price for Disarming the Public
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, July 13, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• This is Still a Great Country
• Women's Secrets Revealed
• "The Cholesterol Myths" by Uffe Ravnskov, M.D. - An Update on Book Availability
• Do You Have Any Guns or Drugs in the Vehicle? Part II
• American Businesses - Asleep on the Job
• The Wall Street Journal  Reorganizes - Follow the Chart Closely
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Sunday, June 30, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• American Red Cross Seeks to Clean Up Its Image
• The President & Civil Rights Chair Marion Frances Berry - Does He Have the Guts?
• Jesse Ventura Body Slammed by Press
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, June 15, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The Biggest Missed Sign of 9-11
• The Great Wal*Mart Copyrighted Artwork Fiasco
• CIA/FBI - Off With Their Heads
• Crawl This, Buster
• "Snail Mail" - No Longer a Joke - It is a Reality
• Radio Shack and the "What is Your Last Name" Nonsense
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Wednesday, May 29, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Close All Law Schools for Ten Years
• Abu Zubaydah - "If You Believe That, I Have a Bridge I Want to Sell You"
• Some Further Thoughts About Labeling People
• Late Night Shows Start to Dump on Bush Again
• You Can Never Be Too Rich or Have Too Many Backup Files
• Those Devishly-Long Filenames for Downloaded Web Pages and Favorites
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Wednesday, May 15, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Government Reverses 2nd Amendment Stance - Oh Really?
• Halle Berry - First Half-Black Woman to Win an Academy Award
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Sunday, May 5, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The Wall Street Journal  - Not Just For Rich Investors
• Do You Have Any Guns or Drugs in Your Car?
• A Computer Bunker
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, April 13, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• IRS Gives "Fat Cats" Another Tax Break
• More About Windows XP With NTFS and Compatibility With FAT16 and FAT32 Files
• Taking Your Blood Pressure at Home
• Condi Rice for V.P.?
• Should You Stock Up on Potassium Iodide Tablets?
• Would a 75-cent Stamp Cure the Postal Service Problems? Doubtful
• Shannon Continues to Make the Cut on ABC's "The Bachelor"
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, March 30, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Raise the Mandatory Retirement Age for FBI Agents
• The Battle Over Copy-Protected CDs and DVDs
• The Microsoft Bullies Continue to Dump on Us
• A Pinkie in the Dike of Telemarketers
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, March 16, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• You Can't "Hone-in" on Anything
• Southwestern Bell - Oh, for the Good Old Days of the AT&T Monopoly
• Late-night Musical Guests - What Did They Say?
• Windows XP - Files, NTFS vs FAT32, DOS Commands, Batch Files, et al.
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, February 23, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The Murder of WSJ Reporter Danny Pearl
• Sirius & XM Satellite Radio - Another Set of Counterproductive Competitive Standards
• Does High Cholesterol Really Cause Heart Disease?
• Red Cross Gets More Scrutiny
• Stanley Marcus & Pauline Trigere Have Left Us
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, February 9, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Everybody Needs a Break Now and Then
• Sen. Daschle Keeps Digging a Bigger Hole for Himself
• "Boston Public" On FOX Under Fire
• Speaking English is Often a Fuzzy Concept
• The American Red Cross Needs a Complete Overhaul
• Jason Alexander's Agent Talks With KFC
• Dragon NaturallySpeaking 6.0 - Voice-Recognition Software
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, January 12, 2002

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Profiles, Stereotypes, and Common Sense
• Sen. Tom Daschle for President - How Absurd
• America's Obesity Crisis
• West-Coast Censorship
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, December 29, 2001

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Reflections on the Year 2001
• John Magaw is Transportation Security Director (TSA)
• Buckley & Moynihan - Obfuscating the Obvious
• Build Your Own Computer? Are You Crazy?
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Sunday, December 16, 2001

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Are We Shredding the Constitution?
• "BIAS" by Bernard Goldberg
• Segway Human Transporter Hype
• The Microsoft Settlement
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, December 1, 2001

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• "The Agency" on TV
• Whose Side Is The ACLU On?
• Is Hollywood Finally Irrelevant?
• How To Scare The Living Hell Out Of A Nation
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

Saturday, November 17, 2001

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• The Dubya and Vlad Show
• The Global Community
• Please Don't Tell Us That Nobody Could Have Predicted the WTC Disaster
• Write Your Congressman - Good Luck
• The Mystery Screen Crawl on PBS
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Wall Street Journal Letter-to-the-Editor 11-6-01
• Real Anxiety - Texas Jail Inmates Break Out Weekly
• Enviro-Terrorists Operate With Near Impunity - But Not For Long?
• Hackers Are Terrorists, Too
• "Bob Patterson" TV Show Bites the Dust
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 and Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P)
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• U.S. Government in a Frantic Scramble to Catch Up
• How the Media Should Cover a Covert War
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• Americans Succumbing to a Climate of Fear
• Secure ID Cards and Visas
• Anti-Terrorism Bill Sniping Begins
• TV "Crawls" - Annoying and Distracting
• Some of My Research Sources
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

• Thoughts While Staring at My Computer
• Thoughts While Staring at a Photo of Osama bin Laden
• The World Trade Center Towers Made of Steel & Wood?
• How Much Training Does It Take to Fly an Airliner From A to B?
• General Aviation - Another Sleeper
• To Get a Mule's Attention, Hit Him With a 2 X 4
• A National ID Card
• We Can't Give in to Terrorists by Making the U.S. a Police State
• The Media Strikes Again
• The Disinformation Conspiracy
• Americans Will Have to Make Sacrifices
• Just Tired
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

• The World Trade Center & Pentagon Attacks! ( and Update for 9-11-2001)
• Prescription Drug Plans
• My Friend Senator Jesse Helms
• Rush to Glacier National Park Before All the Glaciers are Gone
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

• Exciting Days at the Office of Personnel Management! Huh?
• Chipping Away at the Global Warming and Environmental Alarmists
• Forget Liar & Adulterer - Cong. Gary Condit is Simply Stupid
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

• Eyewitness Testimony Is Suspect
• Baycol Cholesterol Drug Withdrawn From the Market
• Social Security Reform - Politicians Lying Out of Both Sides of Their Mouths
• Government Waste and Fraud
• The Brutal Truth About Our Economic Situation
• LCD Flat-Panel Displays & Dual Monitor Video Boards
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

• Telemarketers, Caller-ID, et al.
• Trans Fatty Acids - The Hidden Fat
• Your Body Clock
• The Funeral Service for Katharine Graham
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

• "Body of Secrets" by James Bamford
• Prozac Gets New Life!
• DishNetwork's Personal Video Recorder DishPro 501
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

• What Is A "Real" Job?
• Misc. Medical & Health Updates
• Laos - The Forgotten Communist Country
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

• Carly Fiorina Of Hewlett-Packard - A Truly Inspiring Story
• My Medical Writing Credentials - Such As They Are
• The New Cholesterol Guidelines - Everybody Gets A Pill
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

• John Stossel And ABC's "Tampering With Nature"
• President Bush's Excellent Adventure
• The AMA Is Losing Its Way
• Egypt Air Flight 990 - Finally A Dose Of Reality
• Suggested Reading From Past Columns

• Internet Via Satellite
• The Kyoto Protocol & Global Warming - A Monumental Scam?
• PC WORLD Best of 2001
• A Love Letter To AOL Time Warner CEO
• Stranded In The Checkout Line - What The Heck is WIC?

• Sleepless In Dallas, Part II
• Biorhythms And The Body Clock
• FBI Sniper At Ruby Ridge May Be Tried For Manslaughter
• Bush Family Versus The Sheen Family

• Come To Idaho - Land Of The Free
• "The Animal" - Summer Flopbuster?
• Bitter Pills To Swallow
• A Look Back At Our TV Show Predictions

• David Letterman Grovels For The Colombians
• Robert Blake And The Mystery "Bullets"
• What Is The Fuss About "The Sopranos"?
• The Drug Companies Continue Their Assault On Your Pocketbook

• The "Eggs Are Bad For You" Alarmists Strike Again
• Are Leno And Letterman Using The Same CD-ROM For Constructing Jokes?
• Public Interest Groups With Sometimes Very Little Public Interest
• The Decline In The American Work Ethic

• Slow Down. Hug Someone And Tell Them You Love Them
• Exceptionally Talented People Help Us Understand Our Own Limitations
• Late Night Comedians Struggle To Lampoon Bush

• The Internet In China
• Mark Cuban Is The Posterboy For Dotcom Mania
• Environmentalism For Dummies - Part II
• The Bush Budget - Fighting Over 4% Growth Versus 8% Growth Is Nonsense

• Stanford University Passes On Clintons For Commencement Address
• Some Democrats Not Impressed With Streisand Memo
• Doctors Have Written The Wrong Prescription For Guns
• Outstanding Computer Upgrades - Power Supply & Plexwriter CD-RW

• The Chinese Demand For An Apology Regarding The Aircraft Accident Is Preposterous
• What Skill Is Required For A 7-Footer To Dunk A Basketball?
• Environmentalism For Dummies
• Mass Suicides Averted - Hillary Not Running!

• Campaign Finance Reform - A Senatorial Catharsis - And National Snow Job
• Memories of MIR
• FDA Questions Practice Of TV Ads For Prescription Drugs
• Use the Media List to voice your opinions

• Florida Secretary of State Literally Begged Networks Not To Call Election Early
• Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes Apparently Awestruck By TIVO
• The Female Clark Kent In Gotham
• That Network Logo May Be Burning Itself Into Your TV Screen
• Environmental And Animal-Rights Terrorists

• The FBI And The Hanssen Case
• CBS - A Network That Is Easy To Tune Out
• TIME's Confusing "Bills"
• Jesse Ventura Demeans The Office Of Governor
• The Charlton Heston Speech At Harvard - It Was Not About Guns
• Use The Media List

• Don't Be Afraid To Say "I Don't Know"
• Bill Clinton - Good President But Bad Guy?
• Time, Inc. Engaged In Deceptive And Unfair Business Practices?
• America Drowning In A Sea Of Commercials
• "Walker Texas Ranger" Hangs Up His Saddle (Puts His Pickup In The Garage)

• The Clinton Legacy - More Than Just Pranks
• The California Energy Crisis
• The Ever-Expanding First Amendment
• Bush Administration Needs To Review The Mission Of Federal Law Enforcement
• The Wintertime Blues - Get "Natural-Light" Bulbs
• FBI Director Louis J. Freeh Stays On The Job

• Bill Clinton In Our Face - Forever It Seems
• The Message Of "Will And Grace"

• Bipartisanship
• The Linda Chavez Dog-And-Pony Show
• The "Retreads" In the Bush Administration
• The Congressional Black Caucus - An Insult And Embarrassment To Blacks
• Bette Midler's New Onscreen Husband
• Gays On TV - They Never Give Up
• Mary Matalin And The Ragin' Cajun

• Made In USA
• Celebrities Rush To Move Overseas In Protest Of Bush Victory
• Bill Clinton, Making His Mark On History Until The Moving Vans Come
• The Hillary Chronicles
• Network Addresses

• Aircraft Cockpit Security
• Texas Has More People, But New York Still The Center Of The Universe
• The Thick And Thin Of "Cast Away"
• The Great Dane Is Dead
• Where Was The Gun Control Issue During The Campaign?
• The Alleged Suspect

• Safety Tips From the Chevy Silverado Owner's Manual
• Hillary Clinton's New Book
• The Mother of All Hollywood Activists

• Let's All Make Fun of the Dumb Guy From Texas
• Our Long National Nightmare is Over? For You Maybe
• Elton John, Political Pundit/Druggie/Drunk/Compulsive Spender
• The Fall TV Season
• How many Gigabytes in Your Brain?

• Teaching America Some Humility
• The Gay Parade On TV Marches On
• Bill Clinton, the Next Chancellor at Oxford? Bon Voyage
• The 50/50 Split In The U.S. Senate
• The USP Role In Testing Nutritional Supplements, et al.
• Sitcoms Are Teaching The Wrong Message About Personal Relationships
• XTRA! XTRA! Dewey Defeats Truman!

• The Election is a vindication of the idea that we have lost our moral compass
• The Bush DWI Charges - Important far Beyond the Arrest Itself
• New York, What Were You Thinking?
• Lessons Learned in Election 2000?

• Thoughts While Staring at the Ceiling Fan
• How the Federal Government Corrupts the Constitution to Intrude into Your Life
• Upgrade to Windows ME?
• There is no "A" in Dimetapp, but There is PPA
• Gays on TV

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