The Whirligig of Time
Ron Horvath
Ronald M. Horvath lives in Camden.
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The golden years
By Ron M. Horvath - Jan 22“Did you know that a month’s supply of ‘Depends’ costs $300?” The question came at me out of the dark of a winter’s walk at dawn last February ...
The face of America
By Ronald M. Horvath - Aug 18Here's an interesting story from out of our Southwest. It was reported by Jeff Schwilk, the founder of the San Diego Minutemen -- an anti-immigrati...
The price of power
By Ronald M. Horvath - Jul 21What do we see when we sit aghast in front of our TVs and watch the environmental devastation of the once pristine and seductive Gulf of Mexico? ...
The Iron Lady’s ancient outlook
By Ronald M. Horvath - Jun 16Margaret Thatcher, former conservative prime minister of Great Britain, once said, "There is no such thing as society: there are individual men ...
The invisible mind of Adam Smith
By Ronald M. Horvath - May 12Contrition is not an aspect of the capitalist ideologue. Watching a group of senators grill the econo-fascists of Goldman Sachs recently was ...
The land beneath our feet
By Ronald M. Horvath - Apr 14Rain, and more rain. It rained for two solid days and the river at the bottom of our hill in Millville, already over its banks, churned along in a ...
Change in a jar
By Ronald M. Horvath - Mar 17The time clock where I work is a place of social significance. Bulletin boards crowded with pictures, letters, announcements and legal notices ...
The art of distraction
By Ronald M. Horvath - Feb 18It’s probably hard for most of us to imagine the crossroads in West Rockport as a communications hub. I wouldn’t have thought so myself and yet it ...
Conservative Postmodernism
By Ron Horvath - Sep 04Did you know that Einstein's theory of relativity is a liberal plot? That's right, and it's all about relativism, or relativity, if you will. It'...
The voice of the infidel
By Ronald M. Horvath - Aug 04Audio books have become a favorite pastime of mine. They can make the morning and evening commute tolerable. And though I usually prefer a ...
Even the dead have no land
By Ronald M. Horvath - Jun 23Gaza is a bridge of land that connects Palestine to the Sinai and to Egypt, an ancient road for conquerors, nomads and wanderers. Today it is an ...
Counting conspiracies
By Ronald M. Horvath - May 26Robin and I have a friend who recently decided to give up her job as a census taker. She had been surprised at the level of hostility she had ...
The onus of the bonus
By Ronald M. Horvath - Apr 28“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” No, I’m not talking about Sarah Palin but thanks for thinking it. Actually, in Shakespeare’s "Hamlet" ...
The wrong side of history
By Ronald M. Horvath - Mar 31Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin has written, “The domestic bills that we consider historic have had one thing in common: They have extended social ...
The world turned upside down
By Ronald M. Horvath - Mar 04We waited all afternoon for the storm to arrive. Driving home from work I saw a few flakes fly against the windshield. Afterward the uncertain ...
