In this column I pose questions and raise issues. I don't always agree with the conclusion, implied or stated. The purpose is to put a slightly different spin on each item and to promote discussion.

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• Survival has no holidays.
• How come recent animation aimed at younger audiences (Samurai Jack, Justice League) attempts to be somewhat intelligent, while most animation aimed at adults (South Park, The Simpsons, Ren & Stimpy) are getting more and more asinine? - compliments of Steven Rettig
• Tom Leykis caved in to censorship regarding the Kobe Bryant case. Reason: he doesn't want to go to jail or spend lots of money fighting it. When a caller criticized him for it (no, it wasn't me), Leykis retorted with a comment that went something like this: "Who else has done more - who else in the [radio] business has done more - than me!" He amended it to "the business" because, while he performs a valuable, albeit mean-spirited service by broadcasting the insights, observations and perspectives expressed on his show, he got many if not most of them from people who have paid a high price for standing up for what they believe. Meanwhile, Mr. Leykis profits from their sacrifices, but will he stand up and fight? Evidently not. There's a word for people like that.
• When a woman is afraid, all rush to her aid, but when a man shows fear, most will jeer, but others, perhaps projecting their own ill-will, fear what a frightened man might do.
• Diversity becomes discrimination when a culture is subordinated to any other culture in the name of diversity.
• Having created, through law suits and legislation, work places hostile to manliness, feminists now act as though this is the norm and preen over how perfectly suited to the workplace women are, and how defective men are.
• Thanks to feminists, a man who treats women with gentlemanly respect is branded as "gay."
• Why is it that in criminal and civil cases involving a person who is 18 or 19 years-old, whether they are the alleged victim or defendant, the male is always referred to as a "man," and therefore responsible, while the female is often referred to as a "girl," and therefore not responsible?
• What truths do lies tell?
• To be truly Liberal or Conservative is not to be a member of some torch and pitchfork brigade, contentiously flapping lips over whatever some ill-informed pundit proclaims. To the contrary, to be truly Liberal or Conservative requires knowing and living the principles that define Liberalism and Conservatism. And this, few who identify with either side do.
• The reason given for removing the 9-11 footage from TV was that it would only enrage Americans further, and that would be bad. A more plausible explanation, however, is that had news casts continued to show the footage over-and-over, the images would have eventually lost their ability to shock and enrage us: Better a remembered rage, to justify war against the wrong targets, than the recurring questions over why Saudi Arabia is not our primary target.
• Solutions are not possible where it is politically incorrect to identify the problems.
• Clinton and Rush Limbaugh were on the same side of the NAFTA issue. As it becomes increasingly clear NAFTA and WTO are bad for Americans and good only for the multi-national corporations, this should be proof enough both major political parties feed at the same trough.
• Members of the military are "government workers."
• African American proponents of Reparations want America to give them "40 acres and a mule," as was promised in the 19th Century. What these bigots ignore, is that those 40 acres are American Indian land.
• Which should take higher national priority: missions to Mars, or accelerated development of hydrogen fuel cells and clean, cheap means for producing hydrogen?
• One of the ironies of sexual harassment today is that if a woman intuitively knows (read: arrogantly assumes) you're hitting on her, you're guilty, but if she finds out you think she is unattractive, she gets mad and accuses you of being sexist. This would be funny but for the fact feminists have forced employers to take this insanity serious.
• To survive in the "white man's world," many American Indians conformed to the stereotypes. Under "diversity" programs, this has gotten even worse.
• One difference between Communism and Corporate Capitalism is that, under Communism, the government is the corporation.
• During the past 40 years in America, the Left has shifted a little to the Right, while the Right has shifted a lot to the Left.
• Unlike blacks, who in most cases "look" black even after generations of mixed marriages, few American Indians "look" Indian after only two generations of mixed marriages.
• In our man-hating culture, the evermore revealing clothes American girls wear could be indicative of the greater lengths to which they must go to elicit a sexual response from boys.
• Inundated with politicians' hair-splitting nonsense, lawyers and commentators yapping and snarling over the dinky details of what's real and pertinent in the eyes of the law, it's easy to get head-spinning lost. An effective way to cut through their tangled web of words is to ignore the explanations and justifications, focus on the conclusion, and ask, "Is this reasonable?"
• When cornered, bullies are expert at playing the victim.
• When I was a kid, my teachers told me that my extended family's American Indian culture was inferior, and to be civilized I must forget about it. Today, I am told that my American Indian culture is important, but that in the interests of diversity, it must be subordinated to all the other cultures. How's this different from when I was a kid? They use different words, but the meaning's still the same.
• Few people envy the poverty of Indian Country, but many covet even the smallest success of a Native American.
• When an American extended family works together to make a successful business, they are commended for achieving the American Dream. But when an American Indian extended family (called a "tribe") does it, they are often denounced as doing it "just for the money."
• Former Qwest CEO Joe Nacchio and, his predecessor at US West, Saul Trujillo, imposed higher sales quotas on their sales force, took resources away from customer service, their policies cost employees their jobs and ultimately cost stock holders billions, yet these two walked away from the havoc they wreaked with hundreds of millions. Could they have done more damage and profited more from illegal theft?
• The feminist answer to social problems is to cut communications, impose isolation, denigrate and incarcerate.
• When feminists say women possess more of the characteristics employers need in the modern workplace, do they mean passive-aggressive skills?
• Once upon a time, I was persuaded by right-wing liberals and the like that rednecks are the backbone of America: the Salt of the Earth. Then I moved to Olympia (the capitol of Washington state), where I'm surrounded by them. What I've learned is that, while many rednecks are, indeed, very fine people, most live down to the low class stereotype.
• The instant a private choice costs taxpayers money, it becomes a public issue.