MANDELA…HAS NOW PARADED INTO HISTORY (…as a giant among the giants of our times) There have been great men, and well known to fame, but few have ever matched him. Not so much for great military victories, or, any number
TWITTER TWITS…AND THEIR STORMIN’ TWEETS IN A TEACUP (…the inanities of their sounds and furies signifying nothing) Our world is aflame with a thousand fires, each one inching it along the road to hell-in-a-hand basket, but in the social media
THROUGH THEIR DISTORTED LENS… (…there can never be any clear perspectives) The recent UN conference on the subject of global warming, in Warsaw, Poland, and what to do about it, ended with the usual disarray of conclusions and no effective
WITH ONLY CASUAL GESTURES TO TRADITION… (…we now celebrate Christmas by mostly fake symbolisms) It was probably inevitable. As our American society became ever more diverse, emphasizing –pluribus- over – unum-, the religious foundations of our Christmas festivities eroded from
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE… (…Obamacare will get you the good, with the bad, and the ugly) As more details about the “Affordable” Care Act emerge, it’s becoming obvious that it was conceived and designed to mainly benefit the medical
IT’S BACK…AND SOON TO BE A BIGGER GORILLA THAN EVER (…and 800 pounds will no longer properly describe it…) While all our political dipsticks in Washington have been busy screwing around with the taxpayers, with Obamacare, Tax Reform, Immigration Reform,
CHINA…IS DRESSING UP THE EMPEROR IN NEW CLOTHES… (…while keeping his red underwear of single party rule) Recent developments in China are slowly consolidating the reins of power into one pair of hands…those of its current President…Xi Jinping. The announced
NO…VIRGINIA…IT’S NOT A KODAK MOMENT… (…in plain old Army slang…it’s one of those…FUBAR… ones instead) This whole pathetic fandango concerning the “Affordable Care Act” keeps on keeping on. It truly is pathetic when a major piece of legislation, supposedly intended
MOTHER NATURE ISN’T JUST BEING CRANKY-OLD-BITCH MEAN (…this time…she’s being downright abusive to her Filipino children…) In our society today, parental abuse of children is not tolerated; and, when a case of it comes to light, Child Welfare Services are