http://harrisonlives.com Railing Against the Setting Sun Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:34:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 http://harrisonlives.com/2010/02/08/who-are-or-what-is-the-elite-politics-today/ http://harrisonlives.com/2010/02/08/who-are-or-what-is-the-elite-politics-today/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:50:44 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=379 What is it to be a member of the “elite”?  How does one become an “elite”?  And why are people against the “elite”? The word comes from the Latin, eligere, “to elect.”  In general usage, the elite is a relatively small and dominant group within a large society, having a privileged status perceived as being envied [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2010/02/08/who-are-or-what-is-the-elite-politics-today/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2010/02/04/teabagger-politics-in-the-off-year/ http://harrisonlives.com/2010/02/04/teabagger-politics-in-the-off-year/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:20:51 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=370 Teabaggers.  Disgruntled with everything Washington, everything politics.  No one is safe from their ire, and they will equally aim at either major party.  They’re mostly independent voters, and their choices next fall will be based upon the candidate who best represents their views, regardless of party. The movement has a big weekend conference coming up in [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2010/02/04/teabagger-politics-in-the-off-year/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2009/11/24/political-parties-still-eat-their-young/ http://harrisonlives.com/2009/11/24/political-parties-still-eat-their-young/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:01:26 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=314 It is a generally accepted fact of politics that each party eventually eats its own, and most of the time it eats them alive.  At the moment, this is the notion that sustains me as I wrestle with both my curiosity about and confoundedness with Sarah Palin. Last year, voters fell in love with the notion [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2009/11/24/political-parties-still-eat-their-young/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2009/08/11/palin-propaganda-and-politics-today/ http://harrisonlives.com/2009/08/11/palin-propaganda-and-politics-today/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:08:25 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=182 Citizenship in the United States can be based upon nothing more than an accident of birth.  It can also be acquired by meeting certain eligibility requirements and taking an oath.  Although American history is taught in all public schools, it is likely that those taking the oath to become naturalized know more about it than [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2009/08/11/palin-propaganda-and-politics-today/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2009/07/27/petty-and-petulant-to-the-end-palin-politics-today/ http://harrisonlives.com/2009/07/27/petty-and-petulant-to-the-end-palin-politics-today/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:52:15 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=174 There are opportunities presented to everyone in public life at one point or another to make a difference – - to enlighten, to focus attention on meaningful things, to engage in important public discussions.  An eager audience waiting on every word, hoping for elucidation, looking for a leader. Such was the opportunity presented to former Alaska [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2009/07/27/petty-and-petulant-to-the-end-palin-politics-today/feed/ 1 http://harrisonlives.com/2009/06/15/the-politics-of-palin-part-3/ http://harrisonlives.com/2009/06/15/the-politics-of-palin-part-3/#comments Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:43:37 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=166 On November 7 of last year, the following unsolicited advice appeared on these pages: ” . . . Alaska can also provide her with a little cover, a safe harbor while she weathers the storm she wrought on the McCain campaign and its aftermath.  She can use that cover to brush up on her geography and [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2009/06/15/the-politics-of-palin-part-3/feed/ 0 http://harrisonlives.com/2008/11/07/the-politics-of-palin-post-election/ http://harrisonlives.com/2008/11/07/the-politics-of-palin-post-election/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 13:46:08 +0000 Harrison http://harrisonlives.com/?p=98 Passing notes back and forth in study hall is so unbecoming, as is hiding someone’s lunchbox.  Can’t kids just learn to be nice to each other?  Can’t the playground at recess be a place of peace and good fun? Such is the state of the Republican party today, and the pilloring of Gov. Sarah Palin.  She [...]]]> http://harrisonlives.com/2008/11/07/the-politics-of-palin-post-election/feed/ 1