Should a person be judged by what they do or by who they are?  This is a common question and it arises again in the situation of the recent biography of Philip Roth.  This week, the publishers of that book have pulled it from sales because the author has been accused of being a sexual molester.  … Continue reading You’ve Made The World Better . . . But, →

The Leader’s Headquarters were now directly in front of him. The flight had taken a bit longer than PL29XO had anticipated. Heavier traffic than usual.  He landed, shuffled the ideas in his head so they were in the order he wanted, and sent himself to the Leader’s Innermost Circular Office. The Leader greeted PL29XO with a … Continue reading What We Look Like →

Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? This logical conundrum has mystified humans for centuries. Logic says that this question is unanswerable, like where does a circle begin, or how can Trump supporters really believe that shit? Science, however claims to have an answer. It says that once upon a time an almost, but … Continue reading Crying Fowl →

This was Masters week. I watched it intently. I love golf.  I even love watching golf. And I love watching the Masters most of all. The thing is, based on every principle I hold dear, I should hate it. The network advertises its Masters telecast as “A Tradition Like No Other.” I tend to agree. There … Continue reading A Tournament So Well Named →

The Voice of Rod Serling:  “What is an ideal? Is it the perfect or the best of the practical? Tonight, we offer you a tale of the ideal. You, dear viewer, can decide for yourself whether it is the perfect or the practical. What about America? What was George Washington’s ideal for our country? Here … Continue reading The Prince As A Pauper →

We are facing a lot of problems. Poverty. Racial injustice. Economic inequality. And, what’s it called, oh yeah, the constant threat of Nuclear War. There is another problem that is now the subject of raging debate. It ranks somewhere in-between the survival of civilization and the winner of the NBA Eastern Division. It is the … Continue reading Cuomo Esta Usted →

There are those of us who have spent our early years sitting glued to baseball on a black and white television. We also stored our mitts by rubbing them with linseed oil, putting a baseball inside them and wrapping  them with a rubber band. And now we can remember more players from the 1964 St. Louis … Continue reading Hope →

Dr. Anthony Fauci is everywhere. You can’t turn on a news show without his presence gracing the screen and being asked to predict the future. I would not be surprised to soon see him gliding across the stage during the Merengue competition on “Dancing With the Stars.” Why is this? Well, of course, the easy … Continue reading The Fauci Phenomenon →

First of all, I guess I should apologize for the title of this piece.  With all woke propriety, it should be “C’mon Person.”  Then, again, C’mon Man! I’m as liberal as the next guy even if the next guy is Bernie Sanders. However, I’ll now probably be criticized by other liberals for that last sentence. They’ll complain that … Continue reading C’Mon Man! →

“And all the people took off their gold rings that were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. This he took from them and cast in a mold, and made it into a molten calf. And they exclaimed, “This is your god, O Israel, who brought you from the land of Egypt!” When Aaron … Continue reading Golden Trump →