Every once in a while, we learn about a new discovery about the ancient world. Sometimes bones are found from which scientists are able to discern the way that pre-historic people looked.  Sometimes artifacts are unearthed that illustrate how ancient people lived. There is one aspect of these discoveries that is constant – ancient people were … Continue reading What Next? →

We are about to encounter the twentieth anniversary of 9-11. I use the word, “encounter” for a specific reason.  Many will say, “celebrate” or something like that. Such verbs are completely mistaken. Remembered, yes. Celebrated, no.  First of all, and most obvious, the horrors of that day are certainly no occasion for anything approaching a “celebration.” … Continue reading Twenty Devastating Years Later →

We have now officially declared that we are getting out of Afghanistan, and we are actually doing it. People are asking what took us so long. Meanwhile, crowds of Afghans are desperately trying to get out with us. People might also ask, what took them so long? During the past twenty-years while we were wasting money and … Continue reading We Were Always Just Lying There →

You may remember Big Mike Pompeo (although those of you who don’t are very fortunate). He was once our Secretary of State, the one who did the bidding of that genius of foreign policy, Donald (J for “Jack-Ass”) Trump. You will also recall the Don and Mike international accomplishments such as pulling out of just … Continue reading Know Thy Enemy →

In sports, the question of which team is offensive is clear. It’s the one with the ball. But, in the rest of life, the definition blurs. What is offensive to you? Are you offended by racism? By profanity? By Ted Cruz? The question of what is offensive to us is in the news lately. Not … Continue reading Offensive →

There is an old aphorism that says, “your freedom to waive your arm ends where my nose begins.” This piece of wisdom is particularly applicable to the morons who insist that their arms can remain unvaccinated. If these empty cranial vessels posing as humans continue to waive their mistaken sense of freedom around at the … Continue reading Protecting My Nose →

Wasn’t it vile to see those two multi-billionaires blast their toy rockets into space? As they reached their height, it was not the height of space, it was the height of wastefulness, it was the height of condescension, it was the height of insolence, it was the height of . . .  well, you get the … Continue reading The Cash-Tronauts →

The Olympics start in a few days. Maybe the time has come to see if this international spectacle is still worth doing. Others have raised this question, but mostly in the sense of how much this pageant costs. Cities go into debt. Stadiums go unused. Neighborhoods are destroyed to make way for the necessary facilities. … Continue reading The Price of Gold (Medals) →

A couple of the prime architects of the Trump Travesty have recently tried to make amends. Of course, they have said nothing that remotely sounds like an apology. Instead, their mea culpas try to paint themselves as people who eventually came around and stood tall against their Dear Leader’s demands. Their protestations fall hollow. Take that bastion … Continue reading The Mea Culpa Cha-Cha →

The law is a funny thing. This week, a clearly guilty man was set free, as he should have been, and the Supreme Court decided two cases using completely opposite reasoning in order to allow themselves to come to the conclusions they wanted to – both of them bad. The freed guilty man is, of … Continue reading Court Jesting →