MEMORIAL DAY… (another from a long, long trail a-winding…back to what seems like ancient history…now) This is not one of our favorite celebrations of the year. There are just too many somber reflections in our mind about it…another from a
MURDER MOST FOUL… (…by another mad-dog rampage of mayhem and slaughter…) The recent suicide bomber attack in Manchester, England, was murder most foul…by another mad-dog rampage of mayhem and slaughter. It once again makes clear that the world community faces
YES, VIRGINIA, THERE’S HILLARITY TONIGHT…IN MOSCOW… (because of Czar Vladimir’s vulpine grins about his successful disruptive plays with Washington) Much like peeling an onion the story behind any Trump connections with Russia seems to be unfolding, layer by layer. In
SCULLDUGGERIES IN THE SCULLERIES… (…at the core of that political swampland by the Potomac we call Washington, D.C.) We Americans have a long history of political muggings and other shoddy dirty tricks made by the players inhabiting our venal halls
ALLONS ENFANTS DE LA PATRIE… (…nos jours de grand boulot sont arrives…) Gallic common sense seems to have prevailed in the recent French presidential elections. Whether the same thing will happen with the National Assembly elections coming up in June…remains
A CLUE WHY OUR WORLD SEEMS TO BE TURNING UPSIDE DOWN… (…is because maybe the Mayans had already figured that out) No, we haven’t been indulging in California’s recreational weed products, but, as usual when we go through our annual
VIEWING TAXES THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS… (…might give us more useful perspectives on how to deal with them…) As far back as the dawn of every ancient society before us “taxation” has been a sore subject for everyone, and, those
MAY DAY… (once upon a time…a folk festival of happy liberation from Winter’s woes…) We doubt there are any folks around today who could recall what May Day was originally all about. That is, when once upon a time it
IN THEIR GLOBAL WARMING BLAME GAME… (…they haven’t bothered to identify all the major contributing players in it) Beyond the fact that our Climate Change-Global Warming evangelicals ignore the cyclical nature of that process, they also seem to overlook the
TWEAKING THE TAX RATES… (…is neither tax overhaul nor tax reform) As usual, whenever we hear either a President or any member of the Congress making noises about “reforming” something we don’t just get nervous…but start shopping around for sources