From May 21 to 23, thousands of Wisconsinites attended LZ (“Landing Zone”) Lambeau. Flyers printed in advance urged readers to “Be part of Wisconsin’s official Thank You event at Lambeau Field, honoring our Vietnam veterans for their service and sacrifice.”

Vietnam Army vet Will Williams originally supported the event. He told WLUK television that he turned against it when "The idea of welcoming home Vietnam veterans morphed into a promotion of militarism and support for the current wars and recruitment of young people."

Veterans for Peace echoed Williams. Spokesperson and Army vet Leslie “Buzz” Davis said that attendees would get an incomplete picture of the war: "They won't be presented with the lying politicians, they won't be presented with the power of the military industrial complex."

 Over the past decade, few world leaders have been as internationally controversial as Venezuela's president Hugo Chavez. A constant thorn in the side of George W. Bush, and seen by some on the left as a hero and trendsetter, who is the real Chavez? Is he the "wacko" dictator with a monopoly on oil, or the brilliant strategist of social reforms and savior to the poor?

 After speaking with Brian Nelson, author of  The Silence and the Scorpion, available now, only one conclusion can be made: neither side is completely right or wrong; Chavez is both the miracle and the demon they proclaim him to be.

Most of the arguments over the heated immigration issue take on a similar form. People claim that Arizona's new law allows police to racially profile Hispanics. Those in favor of the law swear it does not, but only allows police to question immigration status once someone has been contacted by law enforcement regarding an unrelated issue where there is a probable suspicion. Both sides claim they have read the bill – and both can't be correct in their interpretation of the details.

From that point of departure, the argument usually regresses into innuendo, whereby those favoring the law are deemed de facto racists. If non-sequiturs are in fashion, we might as well say that those opposed to the law must be antinomian, opposed to law and order in general. One conclusion seems as likely to follow as the other.

Proposals to make English the official language of the United States frequently get pitched in legislative halls and the popular media.

One feels obliged to ask, nevertheless, is this concern for the English language rooted in an appreciation and love of its wealth for potential expression on the part of its users? Or is this simply based on a xenophobic hatred of recent immigrants to the United States who have entered the country illegally?