Author: btchakir

We just got copies of the bill for the 2 and a half days and 2 nites I spent in the hospital for my ulcer. The total was close to $6,000.00! Fortunately, our health insurance paid all but 12 dollars and change (of course, this...

For Thanksgiving 2007 I’ve prepared a list of what I am thankful for: Thanks for the Democratic contenders for the Presidency who as a whole and as individuals outshine the entire Republican contingency. Thanks for Scott...

Private Armies, corporate-created lobbyists drafting our laws, invading other countries “peremptorily” to prevent them from invading us, a Homeland Security agency which eats up our rights while it protects...

A real part of the legacy which George W. Bush will leave behind is in the use of words. Some are words created during his administration by advisers or by Bush himself. Some are existing words in new or extended usage. But, in...

Wednesday is Halloween, when children dress up in costume and beg for candy (and cause revenge if they don’t get it) in the classic Trick Or Treat mode. It is the time when the most evil of monster films inhabit the...