Depressing Isn’t The Word
I woke up this morning, opened my shades to a beautiful, sunny day, flipped on a couple of TV stations to check on what was happening in the world and became instantly depressed. Those of you, who know me, know that I
Same Ole, Same Ole
For those loyal readers that are regular consumers of Urban Curmudgeon, an apology: The symbiotic relationship between writer and reader demands that the writer produce content for the reader to absorb. I have not done that. The reasons, all having to do
Guns & Money
Who chooses to keep their guns and bury their children? There have been more students killed in schools in the United States this year than there have been soldiers killed in combat. How do our politicians deal with this fact? Dan
Korea: A Problem Without a Solution
Three of the best minds available today, Fareed Zacharia, Michael Hayden and James Clapper were all on GPS this past Sunday and all agreed on two points; One, Trump’s only reason for canceling the Iran Deal was because Obama had set
Bits & Pieces #105
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on international media last week in a broadcast given significantly in English. I say significantly because he would normally have been speaking in Hebrew but the message was aimed directly at Donald Trump who is only
Lies- Nothing Like Truth
Trump’s attempts to appoint what appear to be the world’s biggest losers to his revolving door cabinet are going down in flames. He responds by attacking the congress that must approve these losers as well as the media that in all
Parties & Policy
Washington had its White House Correspondent’s Dinner last night and once again the cowardly bully didn’t show up. He sent his sacrificial dogs, Kelly Ann Conway and Sara Huckabee Sanders to take the shots for him while he went out to dead-broke
Bits & Pieces #104
The Rats are abandoning the sinking ship in droves. Last week it was Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House who announced that he would not run again. He was a reluctant Speaker anyway, a policy wonk who was more comfortable as head
The Never Ending War
So here we are; another crisis in the Middle East and a leader that has his head up his ass. Not that our history isn’t replete with such leaders. Under George Bush, we started an unprovoked war, using lies by a
More Outrage From the White House
So Trump fired David Schulkin head of the VA and replaced him with Dr. David Jackson, the doctor who has announced to the American public that Trump has a great gene pool and that if he had eaten right during his