You are a gift to every Late Show comedian in the world. As the best gifts are those that keep on giving – your presence in this race to the 2016 White House guarantees that every monologist – should he sense audience is…
Category: Politics
Charlie Hebdo is us
The sign, displayed by a Parisian, translates as “We all are Charlie.” From England’s “Guardian” here’s one of the more intelligent editorials published in response to yesterday’s cowardly assault on freedom of expression. My own solution would be more radical.…
Welcome to The Security Circus Theater
What has happened to the sacred American contract of Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, supported by the 10 Amendments to the Constitution known as the Bill of Rights, now looks like something from an absurdist play from the…
Someone MUST Go To Jail Over This
I hate being lied to and I especially hate it when the government does the lying. Let me be clear. I did not say I am surprised and I certainly am not shocked. I mean, just look in any dictionary…
Well, now that THAT is cleared up.
NSA spokeswoman Marci Green Miller who reportedly said, “There are numerous avenues that Mr. Snowden could have used to raise other concerns or whistleblower allegations. We have searched for additional indications of outreach from him in those areas and to…
Come With Us
It used to be said of Republican President Gerald Ford, he was too dumb to chew gum and cross a room at the same time. His legacy lives on in the right wing inability to see the logical consequences of…
Five Days Without Television
I recently read an online complaint by a parent waiting for the cable guy to show up and fix a broken connection. “I scheduled the day off of work as I have three kids and 5 days without TV makes for…
Taking Government out of Christmas
A recent article in a small town newspaper began: For years, atheists have tried to take Jesus Christ out of Christmas. That first sentence is another one of those inflammatory phrases that is careful worded to distort the truth. Speaking…
The Broken Chained Consumer Price Index
There is a sound that does not exist Philosophers torture themseves (and us) with silly questions such as, “if a tree falls in a remote forest and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a sound?”…
Subversive, Disloyal Americans Oppose US Military Budget
It is being suggested (I won’t even bother to say exactly where, so as to dignify them) that those who are calling for reduction in this country’s military budget are disloyal and maybe even anti-American. Maybe it is time to hear from…