Is It Just Me? : More of the Best Commentary from Cleveland¿s Most Outspoken Columnist, 2001-2005

by Feagler, Dick

• ISBN13: 9781886228979
• ISBN10: 1886228973
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-10-31
• Publisher: Gray & Co

Table of Contents

9/11
A promise to keep for terror victims	3	(2)
Demand is up---for God's help	5	(2)
Blab shows find foreign policy sells	7	(2)
One nasty instant, and the table turns	9	(2)
A monument to political correctness	11	(2)
Colorful warnings maintain illusion	13	(2)
Bush should have told us . . . what?	15	(2)
New kinds of heroes in a new kind of war	17	(2)
Dec. 7 and Sept. 11 are worlds apart	19	(2)
Saddam's a stand-in for Osama and Co.	21	(2)
Put bin Laden back in U.S. crosshairs	23	(2)
Before there was 9/11, there was 11/22	25	(2)
Can we recover our frayed unity?	27	(2)
Stop Uncle Sam if you've heard this one	29	(2)
Kucinich holds up a necessary mirror	31	(2)
Dark demanded that we see the light	33	(6)
All God's Children
Giving thanks with spirit	39	(2)
Even the right man is only one man	41	(2)
Church's joyous day has somber tone	43	(2)
Trust lawyers to get it wrong	45	(2)
Lott's apologizing has just begun	47	(2)
Perfume can't mask the stench of racism	49	(2)
Quota system keeps good people down	51	(2)
Somewhere, Joe McCarthy is smiling	53	(2)
International hatred is only one variety	55	(2)
Flagpole proliferation won't create unity	57	(2)
Let gays go their way; it's no affair of mine	59	(2)
Racism comes in more than one color	61	(2)
God's day in court? We should be so lucky	63	(2)
Sweating the illegals, but not the details	65	(2)
Gay marriage threatens nothing that matters	67	(2)
Not gay, but just as proud to march	69	(2)
Marching in step with changing times	71	(2)
Senate takes time out for election nonsense	73	(2)
Which decade defines your values?	75	(2)
Military lets go of gays who keep us safe	77	(4)
Shock and Awe
Peanut butter and a sticky situation	81	(2)
A not-so-seamless link to the past	83	(2)
When war's just another TV show	85	(2)
Let's pay the Mafia to rub out Saddam	87	(2)
Wise counsel from a mature Kucinich	89	(2)
Will U.S. kiss its assets goodbye?	91	(2)
Peace ends---war never seems to	93	(2)
Bush hasn't said why U.S. must go to war	95	(2)
War hysteria is all around us	97	(2)
Did we forget? War's still terrible	99	(2)
Savior and saved are an unlikely pair	101	(2)
A close-up reminder of the costs of war	103	(2)
The big find is a widget of mulch destruction	105	(2)
Bush doesn't understand Iraq	107	(2)
Troops used as a photo-op	109	(2)
Saddam's in the bag, but terrorists aren't	111	(2)
Bush needed time in the trenches	113	(2)
Everyone must have a stake in Iraq war	115	(2)
Send untrained kids to war, things go wrong	117	(2)
She's a disgrace---but she's not the only one	119	(2)
Living too long; seeing too much	121	(2)
Passing the word about Westmoreland	123	(4)
Back to School
For proficiency, rely on grandma	127	(2)
Blessed are the old and their stories	129	(2)
Graduated heroes are true teachers	131	(2)
Fuzzy grammar hides fuzzy ideas	133	(2)
John Adams High will rise again	135	(2)
Brain surgery by second grade	137	(3)
CSU leader wants sheepskins to count	140	(3)
OU and Athens must ban sick ritual	143	(2)
Riot has become a cherished OU tradition	145	(2)
New Adams High rises from the dust	147	(3)
Hall monitors weren't always professionals	150	(5)
Cleveland: You Gotta Be Tough
New mayor lacks the best timing	155	(2)
Conventioners won't revive downtown	157	(2)
Image problems? They're old hat	159	(3)
The goodbyes won't be easy	162	(2)
If we had an emperor, he'd wear ``offshore''	164	(2)
Rock Hall: Now that's an Outkast	166	(2)
This is a fine time to let Sheppard case go	168	(3)
Cleveland's problems are our problems	171	(2)
Set-asides helped the rich get richer	173	(4)
And Another Thing . . .
Dems can't stand tall without a platform	177	(2)
My father was right: E-check is a scam	179	(2)
That unpleasant odor is E-check surviving	181	(2)
Flag raised (again) as cheap political issue	183	(2)
The genes fit snugly, but victim tag falls off	185	(2)
Empty stomach or full, Jerry's hard to take	187	(2)
Economic rebound should get Bush bounced	189	(2)
Slowing gun buyers makes lots of sense	191	(2)
Trading right and wrong for ratings	193	(2)
Now for the brain-food fight	195	(2)
No one can see it, but it sure stands out	197	(2)
The wailing you hear isn't from smokers	199	(2)
If you see a left turn, it's the columnist	201	(2)
Kucinich was the candidate we needed	203	(2)
Get out of the car, and never complain	205	(2)
``Take care of yourself''	207	(3)
He gave me a sob story and I bought it	210	(2)
I demand my flu shot, by cracky	212	(2)
Giving Bush the boot is the only option	214	(3)
What's next? They left us stewing	217	(2)
We are sick to the point of plastination	219	(2)
Nixon blemished politics, blighted journalism	221	(3)
Old Glory can take the heat	224	(2)
Give ``sources'' their due---and anonymity	226	(5)
Requiem
Of dead friends, past jobs, old ways	231	(2)
Hope's big send-off was earned with class	233	(2)
Listening to pols, and talking to the Wall	235	(2)
The news, reported from slightly above it all	237	(3)
Remembering those who died fighting for lies	240	(2)
If this war ends, we may not realize it	242	(2)
Parents of dead soldier will get standard lie	244	(3)
``A better tomorrow?'' Not for Jerry Zovko	247	(2)
Vietnam's over, but the lying never ends	249	(2)
1,000 sons and daughters, each a tragedy	251	(2)
Through death's tears, a prayer for peace	253	(2)
In death, lessons for the living	255	(2)
Get out the memories and take a long look	257