DON’T CRY TO ME…AMERICA… (…it’s just a bit of Peronismo to tide you over…don’t you know.) President Trump’s flurry of executive orders from his first week of work suggests his term in that Oval Office will create an even more
NOT ALL CANINES ARE…DOGS… (…especially those pocket-sized editions which only yap a lot) Our connection with the canine species reaches all the way back to those very distant pre-historic times when we humans and wolves co-existed in a symbiotic relationship.
A TWISTED VERSION OF ROBERT FROST’S… (…good fences make good neighbors) President Trump is apparently going all out with his campaign pledge to build a wall along our border with Mexico. Understandably that’s not going over very well in Mexico
THE BRICKBAT BRIGADES… (are always there ready to disrupt any of our collective ceremonial events) It’s a sad commentary on how much our –America the Beautiful- has declined in terms of general public civility and behavior when participating in important
INAUGURATION DAY BOYCOTTERS… (post-election sour grapes by those who really no longer believe in our American system) Regardless how anyone feels about how or why Mr. Trump ended up as President-elect of these United States, the fact is he was
THE CIRCUS WON’T BE COMING TO TOWN ANYMORE… (…’cause IPads and IPhones are cheaper and more convenient, don’t y’know) Ringling’s – Greatest Show on Earth – is folding its tents for good. Like other forms of our entertainment culture…minstrel shows,
THE PROBLEMS OF ECONOMICS… (have always been a matter of balancing the dynamics of its elements with its fundamentals) Economics is often referred to as that “dismal science”, mainly because it is indeed subject to dismal and useless arguments about
THE BYZANTINE CONVOLUTIONS OF FAUX NEWS (…are giving him back as good as he once gave to others) Now it’s President-Elect Trump’s turn to be on the receiving end of an apparent bit of faux news skullduggery, in which the
Vol. XII – Issue No. 9 – Jan 2017
ZIPPING PAST ANOTHER MILESTONE… (…in more ways than one) Over time birthdays tend to slip by barely making any kind of ripple in the routines of one’s daily life. Today is another one of those, zipping past such a milestone…in
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