This meme has been making the rounds, in various forms, online. It’s almost credible. Yes, taxes were so high in the ’50s and ’60s that many reasonable…
Guess that tune!
Posted on 0 commentOkay folks, let’s see who listened to the radio in the ’70s. This tune I hadn’t heard in 40 years, but I never forgot it:…
Trump and the Republicans
Posted on 0 commentDonald Trump is going to be the nominee of the Republican Party in this year, 2016. This is so beyond belief that I’m sure years…
The New Arab Wars: a review
Posted on 0 commentThis book, by Marc Lynch, is worth reading if you are looking, as I was, for a book that puts the whole post-Arab Spring thing…
The future of elections
Posted on 0 commentWe have the extraordinary good fortune of living in the greatest period in human history. Most Americans would blithely dismiss that statement even without seeing it as…