Sunday, March 15, 2026

The Best Picture

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  Tonight the Motion Picture Academy will present its awards for the 2025 films they choose to honor.  In truth, all the nominat...
Friday, March 13, 2026

Forza Italia!

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 The sponsors of the World Baseball Clinic breathed a sigh of relief when the Italy team defeated Mexico in their final game of group play, ...
Friday, March 06, 2026

Obit Dept.

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Jesse Jackson - I remember the '84 Democratic campaign, when he made his most serious run at the nomination. As usual, I backed the wron...
Saturday, February 28, 2026

Fury at Epic Deflection

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 I have only a few minutes to comment on the Iran gambit, which I admit I did not expect to come to pass so soon.  It was so unnecessary to ...
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

U.S. vs. The World

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 That was the headline that the NBA, in its desperation to find a reason to create basketball involving its All-Stars in a way that would ap...
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Sunday, February 01, 2026

One Year (+) of Going Down

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 No sexual content--sorry!  Lots of metaphors, though.   Looking back at the decline, there are so many instances of violation and damage th...
Monday, January 12, 2026

Renee Good

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 Two observations:  1) When the steering wheel of a car in motion is turned sharply to the right, the tail end shifts away from that directi...
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Tuesday, January 06, 2026

Happy Anniversary!

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We think of annual remembrance as being a public event, like New Year's Day, or as some would have it, January 6, as an event worthy of ...
Saturday, January 03, 2026

Pottery Barn Status: Just a Crack?

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One thing that the realization of the Venezuelan Gambit makes clear is poor Venezuela will be "run" no better than the US is ...
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Thursday, January 01, 2026

That Was "The Golden Age" That Was

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 -- A little 2025, a little the last 80 years, and a Gore Vidal novel I just finished.        There is no doubt that 2025 was a year of a di...
Thursday, December 11, 2025

A Cup, Please. No Ice

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That's one of my most frequent lines on aircraft--I tend not to talk much except when spoken to.  Unlike my partner, who always has the ...
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Thursday, December 04, 2025

Mark Kelly for President

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I'm not joking at all.   I realize it's way too early, and there is no need to distract from the current imperative, which is a big ...
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Sunday, November 02, 2025

The 60 Minutes Interview was Fire

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 Or, it was must-see TV, if that is clear.    At least the part I saw.  Norah O'Donnell had him on the defensive on the domestic issues,...
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Thursday, October 16, 2025

Time Out

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 It may seem that I am obsessed with US politics, given the preponderance of posts in this year about the ongoing fail of our form of govern...
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