' Tom Purcell
Jewish World Review

Tom Purcell

Purcell
JWR's Pundits
World Editorial
Cartoon Showcase

Mallard Fillmore

Mona Charen
Linda Chavez
Ann Coulter
Greg Crosby
Larry Elder
Don Feder
Suzanne Fields
James Glassman
Paul Greenberg
Bob Greene
Betsy Hart
Nat Hentoff
David Horowitz
Marianne Jennings
Michael Kelly
Mort Kondracke
Ch. Krauthammer
Lawrence Kudlow
Dr. Laura
John Leo
David Limbaugh
Michelle Malkin
Jackie Mason
Chris Matthews
Michael Medved
MUGGER
Kathleen Parker
Wes Pruden
Sam Schulman
Amity Shlaes
Roger Simon
Tony Snow
Thomas Sowell
Cal Thomas
Jonathan S. Tobin
Ben Wattenberg
George Will
Bruce Williams
Walter Williams
Mort Zuckerman

Consumer Reports

Archives



04/23/14: We Want Politicians to Lie
04/15/14: Longing for Tax Freedom
04/08/14: Privacy? Surely You Jest!
04/01/14: Obama Confesses
03/25/14: Eavesdropping on Obama; Putin, Please
03/18/14: Government Advice on Affording ObamaCare
02/18/14: Losing Ourselves in Snow & Cold
02/11/14: Discouraging Work
02/04/14: Why Americans Want Smaller, Cozier Houses
01/28/14: It's later than men think
01/20/14: Why, for every step forward on technology innovation, does human nature take a step or two backwards?
01/06/14: Elegy for the Incandescent Bulb
12/10/13: Gender Differences Hard Wired
12/03/13: When ObamaCare goes to the dogs
11/26/13: What I celebrate on Thanksgiving
11/19/13: If Bill Clinton Becomes First Lady
11/12/13: Backlash no surprise
11/05/13: Letter From Washington
10/22/13: Does Obamacare Cover Sticker Shock?
10/15/13: The real deficit's in leadership
10/08/13: Incomprehensible sums
10/01/13: Size matters
09/23/13: Why Duck Dynasty Viewers Flock
09/10/13: It's (no longer) a Jeep thing
09/04/13: A New Yorker's view of gun control
08/27/13: Why ObamaCare has been good for me
08/20/13: Fidel Castro Goes to Confession
08/06/13: Marriage alive and well --- for some
07/30/13: The age(s) of happiness
07/23/13: Recess for Kids and Adults
07/16/13: Rooting Out Government Leakers
07/09/13: An education in debt
07/04/13: For The Fourth of July --- Declare Independence From Government
06/18/13: Immaturity and the Modern Male
06/11/13: Countering Government Intimidation
06/04/13: The Games Behind the Olympic Games
05/21/13: Advice from the master
05/14/13: Best. Graduates. Ever!
05/07/13: No-fault addiction
04/30/13: Reverse psychology vs. the nanny state
04/23/13: That's America to me
04/16/13: The higher our tech, the ruder we get
04/09/13: Financial responsibility, Obama-style
04/03/13: A Political Dropout Confesses
03/26/13: Not the devil, but silver-tongued
03/19/13: Income tax 101
03/12/13: The Many Woes of Telecommuting
03/05/13: Mom & Dad school Senate on budgeting
02/26/13: Dumbing down
02/19/13: Smoked by ObamaCare
02/12/13: The cut's in the mail
02/05/13: No, Joe, go!
01/29/13: Cold, calculated advice courtesy of your benovelent Uncle Sam
01/22/13: Where common ground starts
01/15/13: It's amazing what you can learn about your family in the 1940s census! Here's why
01/08/13: Get ready for real crisis
12/18/12: Making the rich flee
12/11/12: Surviving the 'cliff'
11/20/12: Our money factory
11/13/12: C'est la vie, America!
11/06/12: It's a Jeep thing
10/30/12: Ahmadinejad calling
10/23/12: Biden confesses ignorance
10/16/12: More than tweets from Big Bird
10/10//12: Cyber attacks Chinese investment monitoring?
10/03//12: Timing the American Experience Just Right
09/25/12: Economic Freedom Heads North
08/21/12: Coming Soon: Genetically Engineered Children
08/07/12: Baring a lot more than arms
07/31/12: Let voting go to dogs, felons, dead?
07/24/12: How to Improve the Summer Olympics
07/17/12: The dying art of cursive
07/10/12: Prognosis Not Good for HSAs
07/03/12: Flushing away our freedom
06/26/12: Failing the U.S. Citizenship Test
06/19/12: Cool, but Not for Spending
06/12/12: Time to Police the Government
06/05/12: If Obama told grads the truth
05/30/12: Only label that counts
05/22/12: The life of JimboBob
05/15/12: Ah, to be French
05/09/12: What are pet owners thinking?
05/01/12:Jackpot win no tax win
04/24/12: Discovery's victory lap
04/17/12: America's Most Desirable Jobs
04/10/12: My Father's 1959 Tax Return
04/03/12: President Obama's Health Care Soliloquy
03/27/12: Should be ashamed, but aren't
03/20/12: Debt, deficit picture one massive downer
03/06/12: Ask the tax-prep expert
02/21/12: What a 'concept' for U.S. automakers
01/31/12: Hey, Canada, How about a Trade?
01/24/12: A hair behind
01/17/12: Digging for Romney dirt futile
01/10/12: Confusion vs. My Nest Egg
01/03/12: Tips for 'teleworkers'
12/27/11: Why We Need Better BS
12/06/11: Our taxing mess
11/29/11: Me vs. Mother Nature
11/22/11: Unfortunate Reality (TV)
11/08/11: The real American dream
11/01/11: Millionaire myths
10/18/11: Craigslist Capitalism
10/11/11: A card for every lousy occasion
10/04/11: Making it through the rain
09/27/11: What took them so long?
09/20/11: We are innovative masters
09/13/11: Taking rural refuge
09/06/11: Bullied by anti-bullying?
08/30/11: 'Mancession' opportunity
08/23/11: Experience to avoid
08/16/11: Incivility rising
08/09/11: Fat President, Lean Government?
08/02/11: A Man in Search of His Mail
07/26/11: Dog Days for PETA
07/12/11: Fidel: No, Virginia
07/04/11: My Father's Flag
06/28/11: Good Old Neighbors
06/21/11: No illusions about country living
06/07/11: Needed: A washing machine that washes
05/17/11: Break out the bell bottoms
05/10/11: Say your prayers
05/03/11: American spirit now from abroad
04/28/11: Take Your Middle-Aged Kid to Retirement Day
04/19/11: On government's menu
04/12/11: Tax-Time Miseries
04/05/11: Dressed to kill (innocence)
03/28/11: Why the Rich Don't Feel Rich
03/22/11: A cowboy poem for Harry Reid
03/14/11: Irish Need Not Apply --- for U.S. work visas
02/22/11: Watson for President
02/14/11: Why We Need Romance
02/01/11: Laughing to not cry
01/25/11: Standing down on metaphors
01/18/11: Uncertain for sure
01/05/11: Fascinating, not famous
12/07/10: Didn't know how good we had it
11/23/10: Best-ever Turkey Day
11/16/10: Ugly Truth About D.C.
11/09/10: My Parents Reign in Government Spending
11/02/10: Too good to be true
10/25/10: Recession? Not in Washington D.C.
10/12/10: Beltway lessons
10/05/10: My Mom Scams a Scammer
09/28/10: Who lives 'dream' now
09/21/10: Wary of the Technology Aware
09/14/10: We can fix what ails us
09/07/10: Doing what Osama can't
08/31/10: One born every minute
08/17/10: Freedom off menu
08/10/10: Needed: Plain English
08/03/10: Cuts? You first
07/27/10: How to Mooch off Your Parents in a Down Economy
07/20/10: Needed: Blue-Collar Horse Sense
07/13/10: Surviving in D.C.
07/06/10: Single issue
06/29/10: Necessity, Mother of Invention
06/22/10: The Upside to Hiring Independent Contractors
06/18/10: Saving for a Rainy Day
06/15/10: Imagine that
06/08/10: My Sisters Teach Equality to the Women of Afghanistan
05/11/10: Laughter Mom's art
05/04/10: For Mother's Day: Spreading the Art of Laughter
04/27/10: Food Stamps for College Kids
04/12/10: Enough Chirping
04/08/10: What daffiness is next?
03/30/10: Tan & Tax
03/23/09: Census 101
03/16/09: Needed: Irish Spirit
03/09/09: The right to cuss
03/02/09: The real value of 'expert' advice?
02/23/09: Fun goes downhill
02/16/09: Needed: More Snow in D.C.
02/15/09: Confusion's day
02/01/09: Groundhog's say
01/26/09: Simpler? And worse?
01/19/09: Government work
01/12/09: Risks & Frisks
01/05/09: New Year's Resolutions, Fed-style
12/29/09: A Truly Wealthy Man
12/22/09: Pollution a Solution?
11/24/09: For Thanksgiving: Pass the Civility
11/17/09: Shouldn't the Government Unleash Innovation? The Lesson of the Organ
11/09/09: For Veterans Day --- Real Troop Support
11/03/09: Bad idea on tap
10/20/09: Doggone idea
10/13/09: Driven to distraction
10/05/09: A deadline only Mom could set
09/29/09: Walk the walk? Not today's kids
09/22/09: Speaking of lying
09/15/09: Over-‘fed’ mind
09/08/09: Incivility's Origin
09/01/09: Some better BS is necessary
08/25/09: Menu for reform
08/18/09: Don't go postal
08/11/09: Hair would be fair
08/04/09:Au revoir, USA?
07/28/09: Defending the Bureau of Public Debt
07/21/09: A bumper crop for Barack
07/14/09: The Bike Jump
06/23/09: The value of an old clunker
06/16/09: An end to buffoonish fathers
06/09/09: A pencil's point
06/02/09: Summer musings
05/26/09: Stimulus for the dead
05/19/09: Unhappiness Is What We Need
05/12/09: Middle Aged and Annoyed
05/05/09: Thankful for unenlightened mom
04/28/09: Driving us to drink
04/21/09: Facebook fatigue
04/14/09: Snookered!
04/07/09: Eavesdropping on Gov't. Motors' helpline
03/31/09: Fried Green Liberalism
03/24/09: The Unintended Successes of Big Government
03/17/09: Religion's Virtue
03/03/09: On Muscle Cars and Saving Detroit
02/24/09: Botching the digital switchover
02/17/09: Guilt Complex (and the Stimulus Package)
02/11/09: Stuck in a SAD State
02/03/09: The Sister We Left Behind
01/27/09: Going Deep on the Super Bowl
01/20/09: Here Come the Food Police
01/13/09: Dissecting the Obama signature
01/07/09: Red Ink Did Me Good!
12/30/08: Home sweet ‘heart home’
12/09/08: Trouble at Sunset Acres
11/26/08: Getting to sit at the big table
11/18/08: The truth about government
11/10/08: Watching our brave Unknowns
11/05/08: A Revised Investment Strategy
10/21/08: Blankity Blank Blanks
10/14/08: Longing for the Clintons
10/07/08: Taking stock of testosterone
09/30/08: Government Failure as Usual
09/23/08: Change we can spare
09/16/08: Campaign jokes are telling
09/09/08: Why the barracuda befuddles
09/03/08: Me for President
08/26/08: Grateful for a Do-Nothing Congress
08/19/08: School lunch dough
08/12/08: Chinese Hot Dogs
08/05/08: Regulation without Representation
07/30/08: Shaping up Our Fat Kids
07/22/08: Fannie, Freddie & the Daybed
07/15/08: Food & gas pains
05/01/08: Banking on food
04/29/08: Gross National Happiness
04/23/08: American as Tag and Dodgeball
04/15/08: Tortured By Taxes
04/08/08: Male alimony
03/25/08: Lessons from the Photo Box
03/04/08: Material kids
03/04/08: Material kids
02/26/08: For the Love of Obama
02/12/08: The screw-up's paradise?
02/05/08: It's taxing without Rudy
01/28/08: Sub-prime illiteracy
01/21/08: Edison's dim bulb
01/17/08: Why Girl Scout Cookies Must Be Banned
01/14/08: Moving in the right direction
01/08/08: 100 Years Is Enough for Me, Pal
12/31/07: Time to stomp out Nature Deficit Disorder
12/17/07: Guys, lose the makeup
12/10/07: Bickering to save the Earth
11/19/07: A very thankful American
11/12/07: What Do Women Running for President Really Want?
10/02/07: Health savings account is a beautiful thing
09/24/07: Bullies, technology & bullets
09/18/07: Men, women & the housework enigma
09/10/07: Schooled about college
08/27/07: Returning to a lettered life
08/20/07: In praise of the good-old picnic
08/13/07: Ethanol is ruining my social life
07/30/07: The name game
07/23/07: Tapped out on bottled water
07/09/07: My terrorist doc
07/02/07: If Washington crossed the Delaware in 2007
06/29/07: Will Rogers on Congress
06/15/07: For Fathers Day — The Window Fan
06/11/07: We've loosened up plenty
06/04/07: The ugly truth
05/29/07: He's not a hitter, he's a baby sitter!
05/25/07: A Veteran's Spirit
05/21/07: Toiling through tears
05/11/07: A Mother's Determination
04/30/07: Uninformed and liking it
04/23/07: Tragedy, American-style
04/16/07: Longing for clarity & harmony
04/08/07: Things aren't so bad
04/02/07: War games
03/26/07: In 2027: Designer babies
03/19/07: Foreclosed: Common sense
03/07/07: Inside the mind-set of fame junkies
02/26/07: A wild & woolly affair
02/19/07: Perfect scheme for reducing taxes
02/12/07: Cold, hard science
02/05/07: The handwriting of Bush, Reid and Pelosi
01/29/07: No respect, no respect at all
01/22/07: Women without husbands
01/15/07: Uncle Sam the meter maid
01/08/07: Trans fat monkey on my back
01/02/07: Citizenship examined
12/18/06: Resist cupcake tyranny
12/11/06: Hey, guys, grow a spine
11/27/06: Happy, happy, happy!
11/13/06: The silver lining
10/30/06: Tom and the fat man
10/16/06: Nightmares: How libs and conservatives dream
10/09/06: Exploring Christopher Columbus
09/26/06: Dinner Bells
09/25/06: Terrorism? No! Wussification? Yes!
09/18/06: The real 9/11 masterminds
09/11/06: Confessions of a Wal-Mart addict
09/01/06: Why I wish I were French
08/28/06: Gippy, Gopher and the terrorists
08/21/06: Our little house grew into a mansion
08/16/06: We know everything, Tom
07/31/06: 5 girls, 1 boy and lots of laughs
07/24/06: Give me that old-time music of living
07/17/06: Boys can't be boys
07/10/06: A connected man
07/03/06: The Corrie Show must go on
06/26/06: Wanted: Will Rogers
06/16/06: Father is best
06/05/06: A veteran's story
05/29/06: A veteran's story
05/22/06: Beautifying the ugly American
05/12/06: A mother's request
05/08/06: Needed: Horatio Alger
04/24/06: Onward! Through middle age and beyond
04/10/06: Taxing quotations
04/03/06: Spring has sprung -- into woe
03/27/06: Beauty & beastliness
03/20/06: Booming with my David Cassidy hair
03/13/06: Seeking Murphy the spy
03/06/06: Learning from pain
02/27/06: The perils of nasty netiquette
02/20/06: Q&A for Presidents Day 2006
02/13/06: Wooing modern males
02/06/06: Enjoying spending other people's money
01/30/06: Outlaw Groundhog Day
01/23/06: Depressed
01/16/06: The fittest and the fattest
01/09/06: Happiness & money
01/03/06: Count your blessings
12/19/05: All Iraqis need to know
12/12/05: Spaced out
11/21/05: Thank Heaven for America
11/11/05: Needed: Better BS
11/04/05: The Veteran’s Soul
10/28/05: Politics of the Paranormal
10/21/05: Rude
10/10/05: Exploring Christopher Columbus
09/30/05: Bumper Sticker Wars
09/23/05: The Wrath of Mother Nature
09/16/05: Explaining the Roberts' Confirmation to the Iraqis
09/09/05: How to Respond to Tragedy
08/26/05: The Politics of Coffee
08/19/05: On Sailing with Women
08/15/05: When Heterosexual Men Marry (Each Other)
08/05/05: Space Shuttled
07/29/05: The Catholic Thing
07/22/05: Hot Diggity Dog!
07/15/05: Hooking Up
07/08/05: An Open Letter to Our Islamofascist Buddies
07/01/05: If Howard Dean Were to Update the Declaration of Independence
06/27/05: Housing envy is booming
06/17/05: Father’s Day, Fashion and the French
06/10/05: Summer Lost
06/07/05: Firing up a fat one
05/27/05: Guards of Honor
05/20/05: Who the (Expletive) Am I?
05/16/05: The day the dam didn't break
05/09/05: For all the moms fighting for their kids
05/02/05: Distressed
04/22/05: Take Your Sons and Daughters to Grandma’s
04/18/05: Female Midlife Crisis
04/08/05: Why I Hate Spring
04/04/05: My Living Will
03/25/05: If Terri Schiavo Could Talk
03/18/05: On American Busyness and What Really Matters
03/11/05: An American Original
03/07/05: Requiem for a crustacean
02/25/05: President Hillary, first lady Bill
02/07/05: Romance enhanced, Medicare style
02/07/05: Booze, the Dems and Teddy Kennedy
01/28/05: Carson's death should remind us of what was good and what we've lost
01/24/05: The Nanny, the Harvard President and Maureen Dowd
01/14/05: I'm a member of ‘Generation Jones’
01/07/05: Why does man suffer from the new car bug?
12/31/04: Oblivious Americans
12/17/04: On male shopping
11/25/04: Flying the Frisky Skies
11/19/04: Thanksgiving Blues
11/12/04: Straw Man
11/05/04: Oh, Canada
10/29/04: The Ghosts of Chicago
10/22/04: My Family’s Public Shame: the Hyundai Sonata
10/15/04: Why I'm Unemployed
10/11/04:Afghani guys are doomed
10/04/04: Killer Burbs
09/24/04: Why are we encouraging the clueless to vote?
09/10/04: On ownership, misery and a better America
08/27/04: When the anti-order and organization crowd ... gets organized
08/24/04: When the anti-order and organization crowd ... gets organized
08/20/04: Boo for America!
08/13/04: Conservative music
08/06/04: A Simpler Tax?
07/30/04: Explaining political conventions to Iraqis
07/16/04: The first metrosexual ticket?
07/09/04: On the Smoking Ban and Irish Pubs
07/02/04: If Michael Moore Explained July 4th to Children
06/25/04: 'Clinthog' Day
06/18/04: The Big Guy
06/11/04: The Real Reagan Eulogy
06/04/04: Ladies' Night: An investigation
05/28/04: If Osama were to speak to the grads
05/21/04: Ask Mr. Terror
05/17/04: Nick Berg's soul
05/07/04: Letter from Beacon Hill: Missing common-sense, blue-collar tough folks
04/30/04: Kerry really needs ‘Regular Guy ’ lessons
04/23/04: On Polio and pulling together
04/16/04: Misery
04/09/04: Bush's Secret Weapon: Bo Derek
04/02/04: On baseball and politics
03/26/04: Guy talk
03/22/04: Kerry meets his master
03/17/04: When Americans pretend to be 'Irish'
03/12/04: Didya hear the Anti PC Irish Joke about …?
03/05/04: I Wish I Was Russian
02/27/04: Vinny the Number Cruncher takes on Greenspan
02/20/04: The birds and the bees, updated
02/13/04: Dr. Laura plays Cupid
02/06/04: The Investigation
01/23/04: Weighty adjustment
01/16/04: Bucks for betrothals
01/09/04: Decisions, decisions
01/02/04: Making New Year's resolutions for others
12/27/03: Holiday Pork
12/19/03: FOUND! The captured-Saddam transcript
12/12/03: Peace, Man
12/05/03: Who are you, Miss Manners?
12/01/03: Joyless, selfish children
11/21/03: Thanksgiving, updated for our times
11/14/03: Hang in there, tubby America, your day in the sun will come
11/07/03: Morale at Veterans' Day
10/31/03: The Big Picture
10/24/03: A sorry bunch
10/17/03: Conversation with a typical poll respondent?
10/10/03: Men and women and brains
10/03/03: Iraqi Pork
09/26/03: They would not leave
09/19/03: A radical idea
09/12/03: Food Guide Pyramid has a "stupidity factor"?
09/05/03: Flag waving and football cheering
08/29/03: People who have it all, too often don't
08/25/03: Attack of the 'virus twits'
08/08/03: Why not have a whole slew of the world's dignitaries and leaders come by to visit you?
08/01/03: Do you really want to live until 500?
07/18/03: "Ain't-my-fault" lawsuits are becoming more creative
07/18/03: The real story never makes for good summertime drama in Washington
07/11/03: Government bureaucrats, not elected officials, are really the ones determining what people and organizations can and can't do
07/03/03: Overworked Americans
06/27/03: The Metrosexual Male
06/20/03: Crime Etiquette in Washington, D.C.
06/13/03: My Father, the Thief and the MGB
06/05/03: An Open Letter to Bill and Hillary
05/30/03: We are a busy people
05/23/03: Liar, Liar
05/16/03: Laffer all the way to the bank
05/09/03: My mother's house
05/02/03: Teaching the Iraqis how to protest
04/25/03: Iraqi TV
04/21/03: Explaining Democracy to the Iraqis
04/11/03: Major increases to the beer tax? That's a cheap shot right to the beer gut
04/04/03: War humor
03/31/03: Dolphins, PETA and the USA
03/21/03: Traffic Wars
03/14/03: Ronald Reagan's St. Patrick's Day
03/03/03: My Family's Tragic Secret: We're French
02/21/03: I'm worried about my people
02/14/03: George Washington Makeover
02/07/03: Making quiet sacrifices
01/24/03: "Gimme the, goo-goo, gah-gah, remote!"
01/21/03: "Misunderestimated"
01/10/03: Republican night life
01/06/03: Exercise pills
12/31/02: They provide unending joy to those who are wise enough to let them in
12/13/02: Hurried Man Syndrome
12/06/02: In DC, snowstorms have important ramifications --- or, at least, they should
11/26/02: Police advertising
11/15/02: An Interview with Osama
11/01/02: How to vote in America
10/25/02: On edge in Washington, D.C
10/11/02: Giving new meaning to "selling your body"
10/04/02: Bush's Angels
09/27/02: Conservatives, Liberals, Dick Armey and Barry Manilow
09/20/02: Are SUV drivers are the new GOPers?
09/13/02: Bubba is Dubya's man
09/06/02: The Freedom to Picnic
08/16/02: Ah, the $izzle of anti-terrorist pork
08/09/02: Vacationless prez and gutless Americans
07/26/02: Study gives women permission not to hide their emotions
07/15/02: Patriot food
06/28/02: Eavesdropping on a San Fran classroom
06/21/02: The crowded skies
06/14/02: Contemporary Father's Day: A conversation for the ages
06/07/02: Legal rights for animals?
05/19/02: Advice for prom goers this year: Hold onto your money
05/10/02: Don't take her for granted
05/03/02: Letter to the parents of a tubby teen
04/26/02: Zacarias Moussaoui gets expert legal advice

© 2003, Tom Purcell