Religion uplifts us. It teaches us. It provides a framework for our moral conduct. But those inspirational qualities work best when they are kept personal. They are so deeply held that the emotions they carry subsume any chance for objectivity. As such, religious ideas become perverted when they go where they do the most damage … Continue reading What A Speaker May Say →

Let’s get mad. I mean really mad. If you don’t know why I suggest this, then you are either in a coma or very, very stoned.  Why get mad? Here are a few reasons. One of our increasingly inevitable Presidential candidates is, among other despicable things, facing two federal and two state indictments; facing a … Continue reading Let’s Get Mad →

The following is a letter I am sending to Sen. Menendez: Dear Sen. Menendez: Please resign. I am sure that this is not the only letter or email or phone call that you are receiving from constituents like me who are asking you do the same thing. I urgently add this to your pile.  Doesn’t … Continue reading Senator Melendez, Please Quit →

Most politicians present themselves to the people in the personae they think will garner them the most votes. With regard to their families, in particular, they trot them out as props and even sometimes put their arms around them. But given a choice between going either to their kid’s Little League game or a fund-raising … Continue reading A Family Affair →

“We were right                                                 But we didn’t listen to our song                                                 We were right                                                 Now we’ve become what we thought was wrong" I wrote those words about four decades ago. It was then intended to express my impression of my generation – the one that came of age in the sixties. At the time, I was … Continue reading Taking Stock →

We rejoice, those of us whose every fiber believes that the disemboweling of Orange Julius would be too good for him. (Oh, by the way, I will now only refer to that bragging bacterium by his present status – “Defendant.”) The Defendant has now been indicted for election interference - the most serious of the … Continue reading Now Comes the Tough Part →

It has become conventional wisdom among those doyens of sport to believe that football has overtaken baseball and become “The National Pastime.”  Well, if you are one of those experts, I suggest this: go to Dayton. Why? Well, first of all, Dayton is a wonderful place – in many ways the best of what America … Continue reading If You Think Baseball is Dying – Go To Dayton →

Let’s take a step back for a second. We are so engulfed with all of the daily details of the legal morass that surrounds the Orange Menace that it is useful to, as the saying goes, “see the forest for the trees.”  Forget for a moment whether the New York State Indictment should have been … Continue reading What Happened? →

Blog – Courting Disaster This session the Supreme Court has told us that racial diversity in college admissions is not a particularly important goal; that gay couples can’t expect their legal weddings to be serviced by people who don’t want to; and that in its version of the English language, the President’s power to “waive … Continue reading Courting Disaster →

We human beings have an innate quality that encourages us to find out why things happen. It has been essential to our survival since we crawled out of the prehistoric goo. Hunter/gatherers lives depended on their wondering why that bush next to them was moving. Friend or foe?  That sense of wonder is still a … Continue reading The Bush Is Moving →