THE FALLACY OF APPLYING IDEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ( …instead of common sense) Once again San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors has shown its propensity for applying ideological perspectives…instead of common sense…to promote whatever cause du jour might be buzzing in its bonnets.In this instance
A CONTINUING MISREPRESENTATION OF OUR FISCAL CONDITION (…by both political campaigns) President Obama and Governor Romney, along with their respective political party cohorts and supporters, continue to misrepresent our fiscal condition, hoping thereby to gain an advantage in the coming
A HERD OF PRIME SUSPECTS (…all with motivation to create provocation) The recent events in Benghazi, Libya, and in Cairo, Egypt…and elsewhere, in which our consular and embassy facilities have been attacked, both by their timing and manner, are extremely
IN MUNCHEN…THEY MAY HAVE A HOFBRAUHAUS (but in DC…we have a White House Micro-brewery) Who says the American entrepreneurial spirit is dead? What other nation in the world has its head of state privately honing his skills as a micro-brewer…in
A DODDERING OLD COOT…. (…crazy as an old fox…) Last week’s performance by Clint Eastwood at the grand finale of the GOP’s convention in Tampa…literally brought the house down. After several days of the usual party hoopla and blather, not
AN ALL-AMERICAN BOY (…who got to frolic on the Moon) We’re of the generation which grew up through the economic chaos and social turmoil of the Great Depression; then, later, left to watch as our parents and other kinfolk were
MAMAS DON’T RAISE NO FOOLS IN MISSOURI…. (except…now and then when they just can’t help it) The latest political furor in Missouri is much like one of its tornadoes…coming out of the blue with little or no warning, causing everyone
THE CHOICES WE FACE IN NOVEMBER (with Obama…it’s –Forward!-…kinda; while with Romney it’s –Sideways!-…sorta) The current campaign season to determine whom we will elect as president next November is in full swing, and is about as interesting as watching…grass grow
A SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT THIS ISSUE: This issue is dedicated to the memory of a very special friend and fellow veteran who, sadly, passed away as I was preparing it…so he never got his usual “first crack” at critiquing whatever
SQUABBLES IN THE APPs SANDBOX (….where cross-compatibility is now an oxymoronic concept) It’s a jungle out there, in high-tech land, where only business carnivores roam and herbivores becomes someone else’s breakfast….or lunch….or dinner. Much like little kids squabbling in their