IF THERE’S A –THERE- SOMEWHERE…OUT THERE (…will we be able to get to it…from here?) Earth, is crowding up fast, and in another decade or so there will be some 9 billion of us swarming all over it, like a
VETERANS PENSIONS…PROMISES NEVER INTENDED TO BE KEPT (…and Congressional chiseling and welching on its deals with them) Congress has rarely ever kept its promises with veterans. Even as far back as the Revolutionary War, and George Rogers Clark, it was
THE RUSSIAN BEAR… (…still has a Chechen boil on its ass) The two recent bombing events in Sochi, apparently aimed at disrupting the upcoming Winter Olympics there, while not formally claimed by any particular terrorist group, seems to have been
IT’S NOT A WINTER WONDERLAND (…and who’s screwing around with the global warming thermostat?) The latest wintry blast across most of the country, caused by a large polar vortex, is a reminder that our world can be consistently…unpredictable. The severity
WHY NEITHER E.T.…NOR ANY OF HIS KIN HAVE EVER COME BACK… (…our planet may no longer be the most attractive destination to visit…) It’s an irony of ironies that at this time of the year…when we pause to give lip
ALL ALONG THE COLORADO TRAIL (…its summer skies may soon be smokey blue…) Sooner or later it was bound to happen. A while back the voters of Colorado opted to legalize pot for recreational use, not just for medicinal needs.
TIPTOEING FORWARD… (…with just a smidge of cautious optimism..) America stands somewhat dinged here and there, after a rather rocky transition into this 21st Century; but still standing nevertheless, and poised now to tiptoe forward from where it is today
A PARTING BROADSIDE … (…at the end of another disheveled year…) We’re closing things out with a parting broadside…at the end of another disheveled year. We say…disheveled…because as we look back on the track of it…it has that appearance from
PEACE ON EARTH AND GOODWILL FOR ALL… (…depends a lot upon who really wants it) It’s that time of the year when most of us, Christian or otherwise, consider setting aside the frazzles and hassles of daily life as a