The Gaza Gavotte
Though the headlines, as they always do, are following the mess in Ferguson, there is still a hell of a horror going on in Israel. I know anyone attempting to look logically at this disaster will probably regard it as an
Year: 2014
The Reality of Union Opposition
There’s a lot o noise being made this week about Democratic advisors and appointees, leaving the administration and hooking up with anti union organizations. One is David Plouffe, Obama’s campaign manager, who is joining Uber, a limo service that
Smoke and Mirrors
America desperately needs heroes. It always has and it seems that it always will and when those heroes don’t present themselves through good deed or spectacular performance we tend to create them. Such is the case in our current racial
Murder By Cop
The nation is aflame over the killings of two black men by police. This is as it should be but if you are reading this you will have to realize that I am guilty of exactly what I am
Kill Coal Before Coal Kills Us
Elizabeth Warren in heading to West Virginia to campaign for Natalie Tennant is getting flack from both Tennant’s GOP opponent Shelly Capito and Tennant herself. The big noise is, of course, about coal. Warren is a deadly enemy of that
The Iraqi Tango
The big problem right now, is, of course, in Iraq – again. The President is doing the right thing at this point but it still seems short sighted. His plan to supply the Kurdish people trapped on Sinidar Mountain with
Bits & Pieces #46
In the midst of the whole Bergdahl mess another pair of lost sheep have come to the fore. In 2012 Caitlin Coleman, who was pregnant and her husband Joshua Boyle decided that it was a constructive idea to go hiking around
Patriots: Our National Disgrace
This Friday July 4, 2014, I sat in Avery Fischer Hall at Lincoln Center and listened joyfully as the NY Philharmonic, about one hundred strong, played a brilliant version of the National Anthem. As I listened, all I could think
The IRS Mess
There’s been an awful uproar of late over the IRS investigations being conducted by our witch hunting congressional committee headed by that salivating bottom feeder, Daryl Issa,. The head of the IRS has been called a liar, which he probably
Goodbye to the Bergdhal Bruhaha
Notice how Bowe Bergdhal has disappeared completely from the news? Ever wonder why? Maybe it’s because it was never that big of a story after all. Once he was rescued there wasn’t anything to say. But the GOP had a lot to