MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS AS A CAUSITIVE FACTOR (may be driving some….off the rails) The latest reported incident in Afghanistan about a lone American soldier casually taking a stroll out from his base, to wander off in the dark of night towards
THE IMPACTS OF SINGLE-ISSUE ZEALOTRY (….erode everyone else’s freedom of choice) The flap about the Obama administration’s mandate that employers’ health insurance plans for employees include free access to contraception for women, regardless of any moral or religious viewpoints on
DIPLOMATIC EUNUCHS KEEP MOUTHING OUTRAGE (….while real people continue to suffer and die) There’s nothing more pathetic than to have to listen to the sound of diplomatic eunuchs mouthing outrage, while real people continue to suffer and die. Such is
THE SHMUCKPUBLICANS’ CANDIDATE OFFERINGS (….just won’t turn anyone on in 2012) The Republican Party is in disarray, and at the rate it’s going through its primary process to eventually choose a candidate, it doesn’t look like it will come up
WILL AMERICA STILL BE….AMERICA (….when it’s sixty three….) I’m not sure if this allusion and play on the lyrics of that old Beatles song is the right tone for our situation today; but, perhaps some folks will catch my drift
THE SYRIAN TEMPEST RAGES ON…. (…and the Ayatollahs of Iran must be getting more nervous by the hour) The international community continues with its impotent cries of outrage at the Assad regime’s ruthless application of blunt-force trauma against its protesting
SHE WALKED IN BEAUTY…. (….her voice….an aurora borealis of sound) Many music artists flash through this world of ours, like brilliant comets streaking across our skies, dazzling us with their display of virtuosity. For these, superlatives of description come easily
MAINTAINING SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE (…. is much harder and gets even fuzzier if it’s the State that decides to….meddle) When the founders of our republic sat down to write the Constitution, they had very clear ideas about how
WAY LATE AND BILLIONS SHORT (….and handing out crumbs of consolation to those who weren’t bailed out) The announcement of a $25 Billion civil settlement between the state attorneys of all but two of the states and the major banks,
A RED UNDERWEAR-WEARING GRIZZLY AND A SMILEY TWO-FACED DRAGON (…..playing their veto wild cards in a two-bit poker game) The Russian and Chinese vetoes against the recent UN Security Council’s efforts to impose a sanctions resolution on the Assad regime