DOD’S RE-ENLISTMENT BONUS SHELL GAME… (…blaming the troops who fell for it…instead of its own fast-shuffle bunglers who ran it) We have long understood that, when it comes to veterans (whether Regulars, Reservists, or National Guards), America only “supports” the
REGARDLESS OF WHO COMES UP TO BAT IN NOVEMBER… (…there’s not likely to be any joy in Mudville we can expect to come from it) This presidential election cycle shows us how far astray we citizens of Mudville (USA) have
BIG BAD-ASS LION HUNTERS… (…paying big bucks just to have bragging rights about it) Some people not only have more money than brains, they’re also so pathetically in need of showing off to the world that they have it to
THE DEVALUATION OF OUR RIGHT TO VOTE… (by making it just a matter of convenience rather than a civic obligation and responsibility) There was a time when Election Day, especially for national offices such as President, was a special day
THE FIRST DEBATE…EQUIVALENT TO A NASTY FOOD-FIGHT… (…between two kids squabbling over which one is offering us the better brownbag menu) The first debate of the 2016 Presidential campaign flooded out over the broadcast channels last night. As usual, it
ARE WE POOR LITTLE LAMBS… (…who have lost our way?) Democracy is one of the noisiest and messiest systems ever conceived for political association as a coherent whole. It’s noisy…because of the cacophony of individual voices all clamoring for attention
IT’S THE WILDEST ELECTION YEAR YET AND THE ONLY EXPLANATION IS… (…that some people’s beliefs about the reasons for it are no weirder than any others…) People have all sorts of beliefs of one kind or another, especially when they
THE UBER ROBO-CARS ARE COMING…THE UBER ROBO-CARS ARE COMING… (…but will these be a blessing…or a curse?) The taxi times are a-changing, but we’re not so sure that’s an improvement. We’ve seen how the advent of UBER and other services
THERE ARE CYBER VANDALS…THEN THERE ARE CYBER VANDALS… (…and the latter seem to be displaying some kind of redeeming social value…) In one of our earlier issues, we suggested that a probably more effective means of defeating ISIS, other than