The Democrats’ False Meme
What are rational, logical people to think of the following situation: a major political party, whose leader happens to be President of the United States, openly goads, and practically begs, its...
View ArticleComfortably Numb in Anaheim
I’ve never been among the thousands–millions?–of people who regard Fenway Park as an untouchable shrine that should withstand the sands of time like Mount Rushmore or the pyramids. In my eyes, Fenway...
View ArticleA Vacation From Reality
Within hours of learning that Global Post writer James Foley had been decapitated by the vermin known as ISIS, the leader of a major Western country minced no words. “If true, the brutal murder of...
View ArticleDefending Taylor White
If politicians were forced to resign for making stupid comments, we would no longer have politicians. Not that that would necessarily be a bad thing, but you get the point. Elected officials, by nature...
View ArticleWillful Ignorance?
To paraphrase the late, great Desi Arnaz: Roger Goodell has some ‘splainin’ to do. The NFL commissioner has a big scandal on his hands, and its name is Ray Rice. The horrifying video showing Rice...
View ArticleResig, Mr. Sutter
We shouldn’t chastise public officials, especially elected ones, for having private opinions on matters they, through their jobs, deal with. It’s impossible not to hold opinions. Public officials are...
View ArticleIs It Safe?
In normal times, Sir Laurence Olivier’s famous question from “Marathon Man” would be an easy one for Americans to answer. But these days it’s not a simple call. Events keep piling up, and there’s an...
View ArticleSpare Us, Mitt
The Washington Post headline reads as follows: “Friends Say Romney Feels Nudge To Consider A 2016 Presidential Run.” Hopefully the “nudge” is Ann Romney delivering a sharp, disapproving elbow to her...
View ArticleHigh Anxiety
Sixty-four percent of Americans can’t be wrong. In a land as philosophically and politically divided as our country is, any time 64 percent agree on anything it’s time to take notice. Sixty-four...
View ArticleA Big Stop Sign
Fifty nine years ago this month, a young writer named William F. Buckley published the mission statement for a fledgling magazine that would come to be the heart of the modern conservative movement....
View Article“Stupid” Americans?
Stupid Americans? The most surprising thing about the revelation that Jonathan Gruber thinks American voters are “stupid” is that so many people were shocked by it. I wasn’t. This is how they think....
View ArticleA Lie, Hands Down
Two things I’d like to see in St. Louis, Missouri on Sunday, December 11th: no local police working the game, and 5 empty spots on the St. Louis Rams roster. The roster spots would be those currently...
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Goodbye, Old Friend
She looked at me with those same deep, loving eyes. The eyes never changed, not in 13-plus years. They always emitted constant love…sometimes mischief, other times some guilt. But always love. She gave...
View ArticleAll I Want For New Years Is…
All I Want For New Years Is…. Most people have a Christmas list. I offer a new year’s list of some things I’d like to see in 2015: I’d be very happy if people would cease beginning every other sentence...
View ArticleName Thine Enemy
In 1971, Walt Kelly’s comic strip “Pogo” gave us the immortal line “we have met the enemy, and he is us.” Kelly was talking about pollution, but 44 years later, the line can be modified to fit current...
View ArticleAlfred E. Obama
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if a photo soon appears of President Obama with a goofy, gap-toothed grin–like that of Mad Magazine icon Alfred E. Newman. Newman’s mantra over the magazine’s 63 years of...
View ArticleSnowy Thoughts
A few observations while if Winter 2015 will turn out to be a one-month affair: With all the talk about “record-breaking snow” recently, don’t forget what happened 10 years and 1 month ago. Cape Cod...
View ArticleDeja Clinton
Quick quiz: who said the following? “Our Constitution is being shredded…we know about the secret White House email accounts….” That was none other than Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, speaking 8 years...
View ArticleThe Reluctant Candidate?
Does Hillary Clinton really want to be president? It would seem an unnecessary question, but some of her recent actions are atypical—at best–of a person most political observers assume would...
View ArticleOverkill
Perhaps Tom Brady should have cold-cocked Gisele in a hotel elevator. Then he might have gotten a 2-game suspension, as ex-Baltimore Raven Ray Rice did for doing the same to his wife. But Brady did...
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