KEEPING IT SAFE FOR….E.T. (….but…. I still wonder if he ever made it back there) Astronomers and other related sky watchers are all a-flutter these days by the discovery of a distant 3rd rock from another sun, just like our
IF WE MAKE IT THROUGH DECEMBER…. (….everything will be all right….) Merle Haggard’s old song by this title seems appropriate right now, because our country isn’t in the best of shape, economically, politically, and otherwise. It’s as if, after a
BRINGING RUSSIA INTO THE EUROPEAN FOLD (….to finally bury Cold War residues) One would have thought that our European friends, and we Americans, would have realized that after the collapse of the Soviet Union, followed by several decades of internal
THE GENESIS OF OUR DIETARY SINNING (….and how we can blame God for our resulting obesity epidemic for that). After the Creation, God decided there needed to be something to colorize all those bare rocky forms of this world of
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE ….EXPECTATIONS (….with few showing any signs of becoming reality) Here we are, as the year’s end approaches, with one thousand and one expectations, with few showing any signs of becoming reality. Everything is in turmoil from
THE SYRIAC DISEASE IS STILL RUNNING ITS COURSE (….but the good news is it’s probably….terminal) The Syriac Disease is still running its course, raging away in its most virulent form. But the good news is it’s probably….terminal. The bad news,
PAKISTAN – AN INCONSTANT MOON (….in a dysfunctional alliance) American and Pakistani relations since the start of the Afghan War have been “scratchy” at best. Now, they’re as mutually uncomfortable as a jointly shared dose of poison ivy. From the
JIBBER-JABBER FROM EIGHT DWARFS (….most of whom should be named Dopey) The G.O.P. continues with its mindless “debates” between its proposed string of presidential hopefuls for the coming elections in 2012. Scandals aside, their lineup isn’t offering the voters much
THANKSGIVING (…. even with so much less of it to go around) Okay, America, and listen up, it’s that time of year again, when turkeys run for cover but can’t hide from our annual …Pig-Out Fest. It’s Thanksgiving….even with so
WHO ARE THE ONE PERCENTERS ? (….and how do you become one in this land of….opportunity?) For the past several months we’ve been subjected to the rants of the –Occupy Whatever- movement about how “unfair” the American capitalist system is;