My last three days were spent at the musical festival, Lollapalooza, in Chicago. There were many highlights, all brought to you today by the letter R, including Radiohead, The Raconteurs and Rage Against the Machine. This post will reflect upon my experience at Rage Against the Machine, who were, apparently,...

"He's all rhetoric." This was Hillary Clinton's argument against Barack Obama's celebrity gained through his superior oratory skills. And I'm sure it's an argument we'll continue to hear up 'til November. So, let's redefine the word. Rhetoric is simply the ability to use language effectively. It's a science. It's a...

If marketing cigarettes to children is illegal, then shouldn't the kid trying to get his friends to try them be arrested?

My wife's car was up for emissions testing this weekend. This because of regulation meant to ensure that our exhaust pipes are only letting out a certain amount of evilness into the world. So, I drove over to the next town where the testing facility was and sat in line...

Most authors are required to convey their message through words alone. They allow us to envision worlds and ideas that they create without offering a single image. And yet, they always put their mug on the book jacket in the "About the Author" section. This is a mistake around 95%...

A Superstar Athlete. Imagine you're on Family Feud. The question comes up, "Name a Famous German." Who's the #1 answer going to be? That's pretty bad public relations.

The IT guy. You know why? We have no idea whether or not they're doing a good job. We have a problem. They come by. And since they are able to do slightly more to help the problem than simply restarting (even though that's their advice half the time) we...

"Good." This is not an answer, because that reply has lost all meaning in regards to the question, "How's it going?" If things are actually going really well for you, I deem your reply of "good" to be "about the same as every other day." And if you're actually going...

What would a successful Congressman look like to his district? Someone who brings home as MANY federal dollars to the district for internal improvements as possible. Do you see the problem here?

(continuation) #10. John Tyler The Vice President of William Henry Harrison, John Tyler was the first President to enter office due to the death of an active President. And while this automatic replacement is tradition now, his assumption of this power was quite a source of contention at the time....