Inspection is a weekly column. However, occasionally the author is sufficiently outraged or intrigued by a current topic to write a special, second, edition. "To use such threats as political…

I'm sure there are days Pat would rather not be in the same sentence as Ann Coulter, but comparing them would still be a valid concept. Pat can be outrageous…

Orwell and Bradbury have supplied an endless list of authors, pundits and pols with handy schmandy talking points: some accurate, some not, some far less than serious... and more unintended…

Saddam had his head handed to him, his brother had his literally handed to him. Afghanistan is ours, for now. If we can keep it. There is no damn "war."…

"Our next President: 2013?" Image courtesy tombsofkobol.com Last week's column has solidified into a flood of Politico Breaking News updates slamming my mailbox. Does God read Inspection? Probably not, but…