Listening to many commentators on the cable news stations last night talking about the terrorist attack in Nice, I kept hearing the phrases: “We’re at war.” “This is World War III.” “This is war.” My reaction was, “Where’ve you been … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote Part I of a post in which I said I’d be putting up Part II today, which would be a brief review of some cases relevant to the Clinton email case (or non-case, at this point). I … Continue reading →
Bot who seems unfamiliar with one of the internet’s favorite topics: Yes! Finally someone writes about boob. Finally?? By the way, the post on which the above spam comment appeared was about George Orwell.
Continue reading →This clip features an exchange between Senator Ted Cruz and Homeland Security head Jeh Johnson that occurred during the Senate hearing on ““Willful Blindness: Consequences of Agency Efforts To Deemphasize Radical Islam in Combating Terrorism.” In it you can see … Continue reading →
Or will they Brexit in name only?
Continue reading →Since January you have neglected our notifications that your account needs reconfirmation. We detected that this account was registered using false identity which is against Yahoo protocols. Click here to confirm your details,if not this mail box will be trashed … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This a slightly edited version of a previous post of mine.] It’s Father’s Day. A sort of poor stepchild to Mother’s Day, although fathers themselves are hardly that. They are central to a family. Just ask the people who … Continue reading →
…the Russian hackers: Russian government hackers penetrated the computer network of the Democratic National Committee and gained access to the entire database of opposition research on GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, according to committee officials and security experts who responded … Continue reading →
When I was a child there were a lot of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies shown on TV. I probably saw all of them (some, many many times), and I loved them. Most of these movies displayed Astaire and … Continue reading →
Or maybe ever. They will remain my Roads Not Taken. I’m sure the scenery is lovely for the most part. But I’ll watch the videos instead: General rule of thumb: stay away from roads designated “highway of death” or with … Continue reading →
The story “The Man Without a Country” used to be standard reading matter for seventh graders. In fact, it was the first “real” book—as opposed to those tedious Dick and Jane readers—that I was assigned in school. It was exciting … Continue reading →
I’ve posted this song before, but I think it bears repeating, especially on Memorial Day. It’s Tim McGraw’s extraordinarily moving song “If You’re Reading This:” If you’re readin’ this My momma’s sittin’ there Looks like I only got a one … Continue reading →