COMMON SENSE (feeding a populist fever….while starving real political action…fixes nothing) The – Occupy Whatever – protests make great street theater, as most populist eruptions do (some more theatrical than others); but, from the incoherent and unfocussed messages and slogans
THE CONSTITUTION IS THE ONLY CULT THAT COUNTS (….everything else is just….religion) It’s always amazing how stupidly low some of our political operatives and players stoop during our quadrennial political brawls for the Presidency, just to gain what they think
HARD-COUNTRY-ROCK STORYTELLING (with nostalgia for, and satire of, an America….that was) I’ve written a lot of slyly satirical stuff over the past eleven years, as my way of storytelling about where America has been, where it’s at, and where it
TWO GRAND AMERICAN ICONS (….introduce themselves to each other….)
MUCH LIKE PORNOGRAPHY….TREASON IS HARD TO DEFINE (….but we know it when we encounter it) Once again, an effective combination of carefully gathered and good intelligence, and high technology, has demonstrated to our enemies that they can run…but they can’t
STRANGLING OUR ECONOMIC BABY WITH ITS OWN UMBILICAL (….while at the same time trying to revive it with mouth to mouth stimulus) I’ve never had any pretensions of being an economics or fiscal policy expert, far from it. Like a
AN AMERICAN POT CALLING EUROPEAN KETTLES BLACK (….or just another one of those weird Polish jokes) Treasury Secretary Geistner’s presence at the recent European central bankers’ conference in Poland, and his apparently lecturing stance about their handling of the EURO’s
ISRAEL IS MISSING THE BOAT (….for reaching a meaningful settlement) Not so long ago both Israel and the Palestinians were saying that they were prepared to accept a two state solution, mutually prepared to recognized each other’s existence, and ready
REMF’S AREN’T JUST DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH (….they can also get you killed) A couple of days ago a bright very young Marine was honored with a ceremony at the White House, where the President personally decorated him with the
WHEN YOU’RE TOO BIG TO BE ALLOWED TO FAIL (….you’re also too high-maintenance to keep around) Bank of America’s recent announcement that it would be cutting some 30,000 jobs over the next few years (besides the previous 6,000 ones it