OUR NON-PERFORMING CONGRESS (politicking for 2012….at taxpayers’ expense) The latest reports about our so-called economic recovery from the 2008 recession show that recovery is not only anemic, but, is moving forward at only a banana slug’s pace. Not enough to
THE NEW WORLD OF E-SPEAK ( 21st Century shorthand) One of the side effects of the technology revolution, particularly as it relates to the Net, has been the development of what can only be called – E-SPEAK – a 21st
IT’S APOCALYPSE NOW! IT’S APOCALYPSE NOW! (uh….sorry, folks, due to technical difficulties there will be a slight delay) Guess what, we’re all still here….and the world is still going to hell in a hand basket! Apparently, a radio/televangelist reverend named
TORNADO ALLEY (has turned into a boulevard of destruction) The recent spate of extremely violent tornados that have hit the Midwest, unlike the usual kind at this time of year, no longer seem confined to what is called – Tornado
ROUND AND ROUND IT GOES (an insane carousel of mutual dishonesties) President Obama’s recent comments concerning what the respective boundaries of a two- state solution to the Israeli/Palestinian conflict should be, is one more example of just how useless third
HELLO, AMERICA, DO YOU REMEMBER ME? (we’re the ones who fight your wars every night on your TV…) These words paraphrase the title and lyrics of the main song track of a great album, recorded years ago by a Vietnam-era
REPRESSIVE DIEHARD REGIMES (….die hard…) The ongoing events in Libya and Syria show how difficult it is to get rid of oppressive regimes. Regimes, whose primary purpose seems to be having the right to line their pockets as much as
INTERNATIONAL VIP MISBEHAVIOR (when you can run on O.P.M….anything goes) The arrest in New York City of Mr. Strauss-Khan, head of the IMF, on charges of attempted rape of a hotel chambermaid, is more than just scandalous misbehavior by an
OL’ MAN RIVER (rolling, rolling, rolling hard again….) The mighty Mississippi is at it….rolling, rolling, rolling hard again….heading with a rush for the Gulf, and drowning everything in sight along the way. And its tributaries, like the wide Missouri (Old
THE PRIORITIES AND REALITIES OF REAL-POLITIK (always trump any kind of personal deals made by heads of state) While I’ve never subscribed much to the conspiracy school of history, which, like the pulp fiction whodunit genre, can be quite entertaining,