Reading time – 42 seconds . . . New York, July 14, 2015 – These exchanges took place on the Morning Joe program on MSNBC just moments after a deal between 6 countries and Iran to prevent nuclear proliferation had been announced and before anyone other than the negotiating parties knew its terms. Mika Brzezinski:… [read more]
It’s Blindingly Simple
Reading time – 39 seconds . . . It’s the impassioned extremists who are charged up and faithfully go to the polls. The wackos, the nut jobs, the absolutists are all pissy and hateful, so they vote because they want to make a difference. That it’s not the difference you want is not the point…. [read more]
Understanding Charleston and That Flag
Reading time – 4 seconds . . . If you want to understand Charleston, the Confederate battle flag and U.S. history, read this. ————————————- Ed. note: There is much in America that needs fixing and we are on a path to continually fail to make things better. It is my goal to make a difference… [read more]
Despicable Dick
Reading time – 49 seconds . . . I just finished reading Tim Weiner’s well written, well resourced and thoughtful new book One Man Against the World. Inside the front flap of the book jacket the headline for the teaser reads, “The riveting story of a dramatic and disastrous Presidency.” Few who remember or who… [read more]
Bedrock
Reading time – 29 seconds . . . There are so many times I – we – want to scream, “You’re kidding, right?” Idiotic and often mean things are said and done and frequently for the basest of reasons. There are those who would steal our freedoms and some of those attempts have succeeded. Many… [read more]
I Can’t Believe I’m Writing This
Reading time – 57 seconds . . . I’m bugging myself by writing this, as it is yet more free attention for Donald Trump. He doesn’t deserve it, but our national dysfunction does. So, Mr. Crazy Hair, here it comes. First, read this. It is an excellent essay by marketing genius Bruce Terkel. He’s a… [read more]
Far Too Much Love
Reading time – 64 seconds . . . Concord, New Hampsire, June 26, 2015 Seventeen announced and presumptive Republican presidential candidates for the 2016 election, all campaigning in New Hampshire today, hastily called a press conference in response to the Supreme Court decision legalizing same sex marriage throughout America. Surrounded by the presidential wannabees, Mike… [read more]
Butch
Reading time – 41 seconds . . . Thanks to reader JL for forwarding this cautionary tale. Sarah was in the fertilized egg business. She had several hundred young pullets and ten roosters to fertilize the eggs. She kept records and any rooster not performing was replaced and then went into the soup pot. This… [read more]
Extreme Agreement
Reading time – 61 take-action seconds . . . It’s almost midnight on the Doomsday Clock to sell out our children . . . There are lots of reasons that people who have seen the ugly fine print of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TTP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) don’t like them…. [read more]
Some Get That It’s Hotter
Reading time – 53 seconds . . . Galileo Galilei published Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems in 1632 in order to defend his heliocentric theory of the universe, his theory being based upon his scientific findings. For his exacting efforts he found himself tried and convicted by the Roman Inquisition for being “vehemently… [read more]
