BillHeise | November 2, 2011
This is a response to this article by my Facebook friend, Adam Michael Luebke, who is, like many Americans, upset by the lack of response to the Wall Street crisis that erupted in 2008. Adam had been attacked as a ‘no-solutions’ guy by none other than Roseanne Barr. Adam’s solution had been to “take back” [...]
BillHeise | October 30, 2011
The world as recently learned of the death of Steve Jobs. He is being hailed as a hero who virtually created the world of technology we live in single-handedly. He started the first personal computer company in his parent’s garage, took it public, and drove the computer industry with his relentless vision, not on the [...]
BillHeise | April 3, 2011
So I’ve signed off of Facebook, and I told you why a few days ago. Today, I want to tell you why I switched to Twitter as a better social network for my purposes. The reason is simple: I have had bad (bad, bad, bad, bad, bad) experiences on both sides of the political aisle. [...]
BillHeise | April 1, 2011
When I was a much younger man, my father told me that casual conversation is built on topics like the weather and sports, but that I should avoid topics like politics and religion, since those topics are too deep and too controversial. You are likely to rouse passions if you engage in those topics, he [...]
BillHeise | March 9, 2011
I like David Brooks, the moderately conservative columnist for the New York Times, but he’s missed the point in this week’s column on ‘The New Humanism.’ In that column, he writes: We emphasize things that are rational and conscious and are inarticulate about the processes down below. We are really good at talking about material [...]
BillHeise | January 29, 2011
I was reading today’s column by Mark Steyn, and in it he’s talking about Dalton Trumbo. He credits Dalton as “the screenwriter of Spartacus, Exodus, and Roman Holiday,” but he leaves out what I think is probably his masterpiece, Gun Crazy. I know that all of you have seen this film, which is the best [...]
BillHeise | January 22, 2011
I’ve been avoiding the mainstream news show in the wake of the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. News people tend to emphasize the positive and overlook the negatives in stories like these. The attempt to blame Sarah Palin is the product of new people having a micro focus on politics and not a lot of [...]
BillHeise | November 21, 2010
I consider myself an intellectual, so, yes, I expect some blowback to my assertion that I listen to Rush Limbaugh. Even my conservative parents, who agree with him on economic issues, can’t stand him. They think he’s too conservative on social issues and too full of himself in general. They prefer Dennis Miller, who is [...]
BillHeise | September 17, 2010
Found this article on the Internet today about the growing debate between young Lady Gaga and feminist Camille Paglia. Leading feminist author Camille Paglia, 63, has hit out at the singer’s flamboyant, racy image – insisting her over-the-top sexuality is actually ‘stripped of genuine eroticism’. This is interesting (to me), because Paglia thinks that sex [...]
BillHeise | September 6, 2010
I found this article by Robert Reich on the web today. In the article, he complains: “Face it: The national economy isn’t escaping the gravitational pull of the Great Recession.” That’s because the real problem has to do with the structure of the economy, not the business cycle. No booster rocket can work unless consumers [...]
