Today’s calendar says it’s Memorial Day but reality intrudes. In all my 78 years I have never heard an elected public official in this country say such evil and cruel things as Ohio’s Governor John Kasich (R) did earlier this…
Social (In)Security
Those of us on Social Security are aware of a little thing called “COLA” (cost of living adjustment.) It’s based on a very simple fact of economics. The value of money is not constant. Prices go up and down in…
Gone Is The Rapture
Back in the day . . . a phrase dear to us lovers of music from the time when a song was defined as a combination of harmonious melody and lyrical poetry . . . there was a song that…
There’s Fire in Sarah Palin’s Belly
Yesterday, the divine Ms. P was widely quoted as saying she would like to run for president. She added, “I think my problem is that I do have the fire in my belly,” Honey, that’s gas pains. Before you go…
It will NOT end tomorrow
I predict, without fear of error, the world will not end tomorrow by any divine act of destruction. I do not need some crackpot’s reading of an apocryphal text written by superstitious, or maybe even, malicious fabulists. How is it…
The Smell Test
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly…