Peter Funt

Smile Index
09/03/2010
So, how was your summer? I just finished a three-week trip, mostly by car, covering thousands of miles and sampling hundreds of opinions. I went ... Read More
Basic Fairness
08/18/2010
More Americans are suffering than at any time since the Great Depression due to rampant unemployment and the ensuing spiral that leads to hunger and ... Read More
Super-Sizing the Law
08/10/2010
On the day U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issued his landmark ruling regarding same-sex marriage in California, I found myself at a McDonald's restaurant listening ... Read More
Cut the Cards
07/31/2010
Dear President Obama: I'm writing to wish you many happy returns on your 49th birthday next Wednesday, and also to explain why I declined to ... Read More
Race Against Time
07/26/2010
One headline after another seems to confirm that racism remains a serious problem in America. Yet, while deeply disturbing, the situation is neither unexpected nor ... Read More
Penny Wise and Fan Foolish
07/22/2010
The sales slogan used by the San Francisco Giants this season, "It's Magic Inside," seems to pertain to this trick: Fans arrive early hoping for ... Read More
Link to This
07/16/2010
There are several things, Barack Obama, that I'm going to do, Tea Party, to promote what I write, Lady Gaga, and generate more buzz, oil-covered ... Read More
King James Version
07/10/2010
MIAMI - In his first satellite interview with a female network correspondent from an evening newscast not employed by a cable company, basketball superstar LeBron ... Read More
The Daily Content
07/05/2010
You have here what I'd humbly call an "opinion column." Fact is, you can call this 665-word missive anything you like, as long as you ... Read More