THAT RED LINE IN THE SAND… (…means zilch on the ground…) The report of a recent chemical weapon attack in Syria on a rebel held suburb of Damascus, against non-combatant civilians, complete with vivid videos of its effects on them,
EGYPT…GOING THROUGH BIRTH PANGS FOR DEMOCRACY (…or heading into a violent miscarriage of it instead?) Egypt appears to be falling apart, much like many other countries who heralded the so-called –Arab Spring -.and, instead, is moving in retrograde towards a
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT USA (… to get away with murder just snitch…part time… for the FBI) James “Whitey” Bolger was finally convicted in a Federal Court in Boston last week. He was found guilty of 17 of the 19 charges
THE IMPACTS OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES ON OUR INFORMATION AGE (…raising questions about…whither journalism now?) The recent sale of print-media icons like the –Washington Post – and the –LA Times – etc., demonstrates the impacts of new technologies on our information
AMONG LINGERING WISPS OF COLD-WAR AIRS (…as Frosty-the-Snowman Putin and Sam-the-Candyman Obama do a bit of sparring…) Let’s reverse an old adage here by saying: Diplomacy…is the art of warfare by more genteel and less bloody means. So, here we
DR. KING’S DREAM (…and we’re still asking…are we there yet?) Yesterday was the fiftieth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, to the hundreds of thousands who had gathered on the Mall
AS URGENT BUSINESS IS LEFT TO WAIT (…Congress takes six weeks off…with pay) Like Elvis, Congress has left the building…the Capitol Building that is. Which is perfect timing because August is not the best time to be in D.C., it
NEW EXTREMES OF POLITICAL CORRECTNESS FOR SEATTLE (…on the cutting edge of lunacy) Apparently Seattle is the only city in America without major problems of any kind (fiscal-wise, homeless-wise, unemployment-wise, crime-wise, and other-wise), which leaves its City Council members with
POLITICAL HIGH FLIERS ACTING LIKE LOW LIFERS (…with twisted versions of amo, amatis, amat…) Once again some of our career politicos are in trouble for sexually related misbehavior and capers of one kind or another. Apparently, just because they’re political
MAKING A CHOICE FOR EITHER ENDLESS WAR…OR PERMANENT PEACE (…it’s up to them…) In that grand asylum of that region we all call – The Middle East – its inmates continue to engage in useless never ending conflicts of one