Stuff happens and then you die AND moon dust August 16, 2013 Other than substituting a saltier four letter word with the soft gauzy nothing “Stuff” there is truth to this unexceptional saying. (Moon dust will… Continue Reading
Semper Fi March 25, 2013 This post was prompted by the event last week at my Mother’s care facility. That will be the brief subject of the succeeding post… Continue Reading
Confession is good for the soul February 20, 2013 After my Buddy set me to questioning the police he sent me this questioning doctors. I suspect that what drew my buddy’s attention to… Continue Reading
My favorite movie – Pt 2 (another unedited late night mental ramble) February 20, 2013 Author Harold Holzter makes a strong case for the Cooper’s Union speech being the event that made him President. You could read Doris Kearn’s… Continue Reading
My favorite movie – Pt 1 (another late night unedited mental ramble) February 19, 2013 I’ve been watching and rewatching some marvelous British Television series lately. Tonight I watched two more hours of “The Hour” on Amazon’s live stream… Continue Reading
Reading vs. fund raising January 26, 2013 I’m in the midst of a fascinating chapter in the book “Black Sea” which is explaining much to me about the sorry history of… Continue Reading
Dr. Whoa! The secret life of Prof. James Fezter January 4, 2013 I’m periodically subjected to stories about ex UMD professor Jim Fetzer. Today the DNT told us that Fetzer’s latest research strongly suggests that the… Continue Reading
No purple dating October 31, 2012 I think it started with the Democrats purging pro lifers in the 1970’s and accelerated with the Republicans who purged anyone who looked cross-eyed… Continue Reading
Four good hours of sleep March 5, 2012 To my long time fans (all eight of you) and the few snakes who couldn’t take their eyes off my snake charming during the… Continue Reading
A blogger dies with his boots on – so what? March 1, 2012 Andrew Brietbart died in large part because he couldn’t stop mattering in the news, in his blog, in the culture war. This is how… Continue Reading
When copyright laws were extended to 75 years… February 23, 2012 …I paid attention. We need a Congressmen who would take us back to the original intent of our copyright and patent laws. They are… Continue Reading
A brave person just died bringing us the truth. February 17, 2012 Anthony Shadid was one of the world’s most predictable murder victims. An honest reporter. Anthony never let the plaudits get to his head. He… Continue Reading
2nd thoughts about the my comments two posts ago September 15, 2011 I almost wish I hadn’t put this post in the blog. I didn’t really know what I thought about it at posting time. I… Continue Reading
Welcome to college September 8, 2011 On Thursday, just ahead of the Labor Day weekend when the college students stream up 21st Ave. in their lemming like return to academe… Continue Reading