Reading time – 2:49; Viewing time – 4:03 . . . You’re 12 years old and you’re playing Monopoly with a few friends. One of them is “that guy” – the one who nearly always wins. You’ve played your best, but you’re watching your pile of cash disappear, as you land on yet another of… [read more]
Einstein
Reading time – 1:24 . . . The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. – Albert Einstein I don’t know if Einstein actually said that, but I’m confident he believed it. In any scientific experiment, consistently providing the same string of inputs generates a consistently… [read more]
You’re Occupado This Saturday
Reading time – 4:04; Viewing time – 5:41 . . . Get a head start on the weekend: This is Sunday’s Disambiguation on Thursday so you’ll be ready for Saturday. ———————————————————– Earlier this year the Muslim Student Alliance of Niles West High School in Skokie, IL presented Truths to Combat Hate: Islamophobia Edition. The presentation… [read more]
Reality
Reading time – 4:46; Viewing time – 7:03 . . . My pal John Calia comments now and again on these posts and he recently declared me to be a far left liberal. “Not so!” I protested, and proceeded to show him a bunch of my views on issues about which the vast majority of… [read more]
General Kelly Won’t Save Us
Be sure to read this to the end, lest the bright, shiny objects distract your view. Reading time – 2:47; Viewing time – 4:25 . . . General Kelly gave a heartfelt and impassioned presentation this week, invoking the death of his son in the line of duty. And he talked about what happens to… [read more]
Sometimes The Truth Hurts
Reading time – 2:13; Viewing time – 3:04 . . . A friend offered a link to a New York Times article entitled “Democrats Are Playing Checkers While Trump Is Playing Chess.” He wrote, “The president’s manipulation of racial, cultural and economic anxiety will continue to serve him well politically. Until it doesn’t.” So I… [read more]
Our Turn
Reading time – 2:18; Viewing time – 3:02 . . . I observed an incremental shift toward authoritarianism during the Bush years. The John’s – Bolton and Ashcroft – scared me as much as Cheney did. I didn’t see that kind of power shift during the Obama years, although I could have been misled by… [read more]
Reprehensible
Reading time – 2:06; Humming time – 3:18 . . . Perhaps you caught part of President Trump’s stunningly cringe-worthy presentation in Puerto Rico, wherein he boasted about the fantastic job FEMA is doing and the amazing contributions of our military on that island, even as most of the relief supplies were still sitting in… [read more]
What’s the Number?
Reading time – 1:52 . . . That’s right – we kill ourselves with shocking regularity, but that really isn’t the most salient point. Rather, it’s that all but the last two were done by red-blooded Americans who were not Islamist extremists. They were Americans who were either mentally impaired or seeking revenge. So much… [read more]
P.R. and a Guest Essay
Reading time – 3:25 . . . A guest essay follows a few comments on our federal “Who cares about it anyway?” crisis. How is it possible to explain the inadequate and, reasonably labeled as cruel behavior of the President of the United States toward the people of Puerto Rico and the mayor of San… [read more]
