Common Sense and Candor

The big fail: Rubio disappoints, reverts to partisan talking points

C.J. Benham — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:57:19 +0000

Marco Rubio’s response to the President’s State of the Union speech was one big fail — and not because he …

Junk news on demand, 24/7

C.J. Benham — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 07:15:38 +0000

Reblogged from Common Sense and Candor: I am a news junkie, I admit it. The problem with being a news …

Great Recession accelerates income inequality

C.J. Benham — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:30:39 +0000

You may have missed a report issued this week by the Federal Reserve. The report is issued every three years …

Machiavellian purpose to political silly season

C.J. Benham — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:38:32 +0000

We are now firmly ensconced in, as someone else aptly named it, the political silly season. In actuality, the adjective …

Distorted news = distorted thinking

C.J. Benham — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:16:34 +0000

Sharing a link to a piece on calbuzz.com, a sometimes tongue-in-cheek insider look at politics in the Golden State. If …

Romney, women, and the nonsense of one inartful comment

C.J. Benham — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:51:32 +0000

Oh for goodness sake, now we’re off on a ludicrous tangent about whether Ann Romney, wife of Mitt, has “worked …

Biases rule our public discourse

C.J. Benham — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:13:17 +0000

There are times I wonder if a significant chunk of Americans have pressed the off button on their critical thinking …

Lunacy, not loose lips, sinks ships

C.J. Benham — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 08:53:19 +0000

Just read Walter Shapiro’s piece, “Let Santorum be Santorum! Why honesty beats robotic-message discipline: Character Sketch” (http://tinyurl.com/Shapiro-Santorum) In it, Shapiro …

No news is not good news

C.J. Benham — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 13:10:53 +0000

It’s official. There are no 24-hour broadcast news channels anymore. They’ve all evolved, or devolved, into all-talk, all-the-time, with more …

Santorum wages war against women, religious freedom

C.J. Benham — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:06:16 +0000

It must seem almost quaint now, that 50 years ago then-presidential candidate John F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a major speech …

State of the Union lost in spurious spin

C.J. Benham — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:59:46 +0000

Spurious spin, political prevarications, deliberate distortions, flagrant falsehoods, and plain ol’ outrageous whoppers. That aptly describes the state of our …

Truth telling from an unlikely source

C.J. Benham — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 12:51:28 +0000

The nation has been treated this week to a real-life illustration of Hans Christian Anderson’s tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” …

How pizza became a vegetable

C.J. Benham — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:37:01 +0000

While Americans across the land gathered with family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving and partake of a feast of foods, …

Logic disconnect yields dichotomies

C.J. Benham — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 12:46:17 +0000

Voting is a cherished right in America, and though many don’t exercise that right on a regular basis, it’s a …

Lawmaker offers new ‘DWG’ defense

C.J. Benham — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 12:42:21 +0000

Maybe you’ve read about the California State Assemblywoman who was arrested recently for felony grand theft after security guards caught …