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A War on War’s Or at least the ones that are made up by PR people. By Jeff Jordan After watching a segment on Jon Stewart’s Daily Show, where he chides Fox News on their annual ‘War on Christmas” segment, I decided it’s time to start on a moratorium on War’s with no end and, frankly, no meaning. The War on Drugs, The War on Poverty, The War on Ignorance, and The War on Women (DPIW). All of these conflicts could be thought of as ongoing except for the fact that the media keeps reminding us that the conflict in Afghanistan is “the longest war in our history.” Forget the small problem that Afghanistan is not a declared war. The War on Drugs is a term used by President Richard Nixon, which encompassed an all fronts attack on illegal drug trade and consumption. This included laws that prohibited the use and sale of the drugs and included foreign financial and military aid to countries to stop the flow of illegal drugs into the US and therefore stem the use of these dru...

The toasted onion bagel and the blood red jam  By Jeff Jordan   I began thinking about Andy Rooney this morning as I looked at the toasted Onion bagel on my plate and saw the jam that had bleed down through the hole in the middle. In my head I hear Andy’s aging and whining voice asking, “Why do bagel's have holes in them?” My objection is the hole makes it difficult to spread anything on the bagel that doesn't end up falling through the hole in the middle and making a puddle on your plate, or worse a stain on the front of your shirt. than there is the whole "Eating Experience" thing. Anything out of the freezer case that claims to be bread is not up to standard in any case. And I know you can get in to fist fights over “real” New York bagels, but frankly if it’s good it doesn't have to be Official. Are freezer bagels any good? Freezer bagels are ...they....well... Maybe the best way to explain them is, if they are too big to finish, the dog will eat the...