THE GENESIS OF TERRORISM (…as a most virulent form of anarchy) It’s a great mistake to continue labeling our defensive efforts against terrorism as a –War- against it. Just as mistaken as the labels we’ve pasted on other problems such
THE CENTURION CHRONICLE MEMORIAL DAY (…hello, America, do you remember me? We’re the ones who fought the war every night… on your TV) It’s that annual moment again, that special day set aside in remembrance of all those who gave their
TORNADO ALLEY (…it’s Mother Nature’s very own…and she’s a bitchin’ bowler) It seem at this time every year the southern plains part of the country gets hit with swarms of tornadoes, including monsters like the one that just hit Moore,
THERE’S A WHIFF OF BRIMSTONE ABOUT THIS IRS AFFAIR (…perhaps even a smidge of Watergate and a pinch of Henry II besides…) All Presidents have episodes of less than righteous conduct: This one is no exception. From the beginnings of
THOSE PREDATORY MONSTERS WHO LIVE AMONG US (…are concealed by their smiley faces and normal shoes) The recent discovery in Cleveland, Ohio, of three young women who had been abducted in their teens, then held in sex-slave captivity for a
BANGING OUR HEADS AGAINST THE SECOND AMMENDMENT (…with emotionally based rhetoric instead of common sense) The ongoing wrangles about how to reduce gun violence in America, or to prevent future events similar to Newtown, CN, Columbine, CO, or University of
DODGING THE CONSTRICTIONS OF COURT-ORDERED DETOX (…by checking herself into a boutique rehab spa of her choice) Ours is a land of laws, so one would think that court orders are court orders, but…it ain’t necessarily so. Girl-gone-wild Lindsey Lohan
DON’T LOOK AT ME…I’M JUST THE PRESIDENT (besides…look what I have to deal with…a Congress that’s worse than trying to herd cats!) At the recent news conference held by the President, things didn’t proceed exactly with the usual softball Q&A
BANGLADESH… (adding our contribution to making it one of the saddest places on Earth..) This latest disaster in Bangladesh, where a building full of clothing manufacturing workers collapsed upon itself, killing hundreds, and still counting, while rescuers frantically try to