A THREADBARE FIG LEAF (….to cover what’s left of our national dignity….as we withdraw) The recent “historic” agreement just signed in Kabul by President Obama and President Karzai signals that we’re done with Afghanistan, and, amounts to a threadbare fig
WHEN DOES PROMOTION AND SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS… (… become meddling in the internal affairs of others?) Human rights….are human rights. The problem is not all countries define those rights by the same standard of observance. This is particularly true
THE SECRET SERVICE CAPER (….a bit of – Animal House- hubris) The men in Bogota are probably growling their heads off right now, about dumb-ass Americanos willing to pay outrageous prices just to get laid. Granted, Colombian beauties (if their
ANXIETIES OVER A NEW VERSION OF THE CHINA SYNDROME (….as red underwear becomes…pale pink) The recent internal turmoil within the Chinese Communist Party is causing a mix of eager hope and strong concerns in the Western world. After a half
SAN FRANCISCO….HERE I COME (….who’s your daddy….sugar…that is) Good old San Francisco has a new feather for its urban cap having apparently become the – Sugar Daddy- capital of the USA….or so they say. Whether that should be another superlative
WAITING FOR SPRING TO BE….SPRUNG (…is the dullest time of year) Now that the hardest part of winter has passed, in most parts of the country, this is when everything seems to be in – stasis- which is Greek for
A DANGEROUS COMBINATION (….of self-appointed vigilantism and stupidity) The recent killing of a seventeen year old young man, Trayvon Martin, near Sanford, Florida, by a so-called neighborhood “watch” busybody, is an extreme example of what can only be described as
LA BELLE FRANCE (….suffering disfigurement to its beauty) Right up front, I’ll admit that I’m a Francophile, partly because of some family roots, but mainly because, from my earliest formative to teenage years, I was fully immersed in a solidly
THE REALITIES OF OUR ENERGY CONDITIONS (…are misrepresented by our politicos) From the President on down, the realities of our energy conditions are misrepresented to us. Nor do various media pundits and other so-called experts do much better to clear
A NUCLEAR IRAN (….a trouble-making nuisance….or a real threat?) War-hawks of all types are circling and screeching alarm calls all over the place, trying to stampede everyone into believing that the Ayatollahs of Iran are still intent on world domination,