Al's Opinions

I wish people would not write to me asking me to sign a petition (and send money) to a group advocating "support planned parenthood,...

I'm feeling a little ornery this morning and felt like unloading a few complaints publicly.  Also, even though I am an old grouch, I sti...

I don't know whether Senator Sanders and Secretary Clinton actually penned the accusations or whether their staff members did, but no m...

One of my goals is to outlive my enemies, not just personal enemies but public persons with whom I have profound disagreements.  Justice Ant...

about the contest among the Republican candidates for the Presidential nomination, and about the implausible (to me, at least) popularity of...

In a previous post on this subject, written about a year ago, I commented about the different pollutants that need to be removed or cleaned...

A headline in this morning's newspaper (October 31, 2015) reads that the United States (i.e., the President) has decided to get more inv...

There were two startling news items recently, one of them this week.  One, John Boehner has resigned his position as Speaker and additional...