Musings from Joel

My son has attended Lake Highlands Junior High for the past two years. He has ADHD, and as a result has some special needs.? The school accommodates him by sending him to one special education class every day. We have had several ARDs over the past 2 years, most with very little being accomplished. They [...]

Everyone has an opinion on this and I’m no exception. The health care debate will continue for years no doubt. But I feel compelled to mention my recent experience with the system. I have chronic lower back pain. I have had it for 10 years and steadfastly refused to go see a doctor about it [...]

Sarah Palin is up to her shenanigans again.  While I have had enough of her to last a life time, apparently there are lots of individuals who still think she is the second coming of Christ. I fully expect her to run in 2012 and I look forward to her making a fool out of [...]

Dallas, like so many cities, is in crisis over a money shortfall from a drop in tax revenue. At first glance this seems reasonable, given the economic situation the entire country is in. But, the reality is quite different.Here are the facts: City’s budget for 2008-2009 $ 2.7BCity’s budget proposal for 2009-2010 $ 2.72BBudget estimated [...]

I was at the FOE Eagle Yesterday and got into a heated conversation with a guy about the bogusness of global warming. I have had this conversation three times in the past month. My republican friends are wearing blinders and love to spew “factual” data about how global warming is not happening and the earth [...]

Its been a long, exciting day of dramatic change and optimism. Growing up in the South, as a Texan, I never ever dreamed that something so dramatic could happen in my lifetime. A Black man has become POTUS. But, beyond the color of his skin he is, quite simply, the best man for the job. [...]

Maybe I am missing something but I don’t understand why Hamas would provoke Israel into a full scale invasion. Are they dumb enough to think someone is going to come to there aid?  That most definitely is not going to happen when the US has close to 200K troops in 2 nearby countries. I don’t [...]

I thought that it was very interesting that Estonia is going to allow voting via mobile phone in 2011. Apparently users will plug some sort of chip into their phone, verify their identity and then be able to vote. I have to wonder just how secure this is going to be. The head of security [...]