Douglas Ernst

Every time Christmas rolls around stories pop up as to whether it’s healthy or appropriate to teach kids believe in Santa Claus. Inevitably the question of lying comes up, and what it teaches children to start them off at a young age in what is, arguably a cruel hoax. When I have kids, I’m actually [...]

A friend of mine recently pointed me to a dating website –not for the dating — but for a political blog post that noted what you and I have known for a long time: it’s tough to agree on anything when you believe in nothing. Or, I guess if you were Joy Behar you would [...]

There’s an article that came out a few years ago that I’ll never forget. You may remember it by its title: “As Violence Falls in Iraq, Cemetery Workers Feel The Pinch.” On the ticker tape printout of history the article won’t even garner a blip, but I think the mere fact that it was brought into [...]

Recently I was watching Bill O’Reilly discuss insurance companies, and how they “profit off the sick” with John Stossel. Normally I only like watching The No Spin Zone when Neil Cavuto gives him an economic beat down, but I think I can grow fond of Stossel picking up the old Irish guy and giving him [...]

Whenever I see foreboding polling like this I usually take it with a grain of salt because polls are really just a snapshot in time. They’re interesting to look at and fun to talk about on Monday morning, but they need to be examined through the correct prism. In this case I think “window of [...]