THEY’RE MAKING THE ART OF SEDUCTION ILLEGAL IN CALIFORNIA (…so now…if you’re romantically inclined…you better have a signed and sealed hold-harmless release form in your wallet) It appears that both the legislators and university regents of Kook-istan (er…the State of
IF IT’S A NO-STRATEGY STRATEGY… (…it makes it seem like Nero’s fiddling while Rome burned…) After three useless ventures as nation-building artistes in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Libya, with less than glorious outcomes, America now faces the prospect of yet another
CALIFORNIA SHOOK, RATTLED, AND ROLLED (…leaving Napa with ninety-nine thousand bottles of wine…on the floor) Two nights ago Napa got hit with a 6.0 seismic jolt, right at the peak of its tourist and grape harvesting season. Compared to other
IN FERGUSON, MISSOURI (…do police only shoot un-armed people because these…can’t shoot back?) It’s a sad state of affairs when the Governor has to call in the state’s National Guard to re-establish order in a community, because, there’s such wide
I NEVER REALLY FORGAVE HUMPHREY BOGART FOR IT (…because he stole her away from me!) Lauren Bacall was only three years older than me when she burst upon the big silver screen with her sultry looks and glamour. Attributes which
BACK INTO THE WILD-BLUE YONDER (…coming full circle to where we were…before) The President has ordered an open-ended air-strike campaign against the rampaging forces of ISIS in Iraq, because these are now attempting to attack the Kurds there. It seems
THE REAL ATROCITY IN THIS CONFLICT (…comes only from its midget-minds mired in mutual tit-for-tat insanity) A month ago Hamas launched another of its periodic assaults against Israel, this time with a hail storm of blindly fired rockets…to which the
A CREATIVE INNOVATION (…combining an old form of transportation with…the oldest profession) The entrepreneurial spirit manifests itself in many different and odd ways, especially here in America, and even more so here in the Bay Area, where it has apparently
THE WAY WE ARE NOW…IS JUST LIKE THE WAY WE WERE…THEN (…considering songs for Armageddon) Years ago (what some call…the way-back-when) we were at the height of the Cold War, and the world seemed to be racing away to hell…in
A LONG TRAIL OF AN INSANITY OF ERRORS (…leading to the human tragedy of some three hundred people dying…for no good reason) The destruction of the Malaysian airliner as it passed at high altitude over the Ukraine is the result