Normally, I think Republicans are less honest and less intelligent than Democrats. I know; that’s wrong and prejudicial. Nobody has a monopoly on truth-telling and intelligence. Ah,…
Humor has certainly changed.
Posted on 0 commentImagine listening to this 100 year old humor record, for which someone in 1916 paid the equivalent of $30 in today’s money, and finding it funny.
Raise taxes on the rich?
Posted on 0 commentThis 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…
Why Sanders Is Nonsense.
Posted on 1 commentOkay, allow me a little hyperbole. He’s not an abstraction. Bernie Sanders probably has a higher IQ than my cat, or me, for that matter.…
Ben Carson is one of the scariest people in America.
Posted on 0 commentYep, you probably didn’t hear it here first: Ben Carson is nuts. But this isn’t your web site, it’s MINE, and I can say what…
Cuba! (Posted for a friend.)
Posted on 0 commentCuba has been nominated to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for its work in fighting Ebola in Africa along with its outstanding health care solidarity…