Carpe Diem: 2017.07.20 THE FAKE HERO

2017-07-20 Leave a Comment Written by James A. Clapp

The news today on NPR’s “All Things Considered” was that Senator John McCain, who recently underwent surgery for a blood clot behind his eye, has been diagnosed with an aggressive, incurable

Carpe Diem: 2017.07.01 YESH WE CAN

2017-07-01 1 Comment Written by James A. Clapp

Hi, I’m Jim’s personal Lord and Savior (well, he might not put it quite that way). I live with him here is his condo in the room where he used to have the ‘indwelling’ of the Holy Spirit

Carpe Diem: 2017.06.06 Bully of the Seas

2017-06-06 2 Comments Written by James A. Clapp

This morning I listened to Steve Inskeep perform journalistic fellatio on retired Admiral James Stavridis, former supreme allied commander for NATO, about his new book: Sea Power: The History

Carpe Diem: 2017.05.10 A MINOR SKIRMISH IN THE CULTURE WAR

2017-05-10 2 Comments Written by James A. Clapp

A MINOR SKIRMISH IN THE CULTURE WAR

Note: It has been a while since I have had a chance to post anything. But this actual incident of my encounter with a culture war adversary in my dentist’s

Carpe Diem: 2017.04.12 WHAT MAKES AMERICA SO GREAT?

2017-04-12 1 Comment Written by James A. Clapp

Ever wonder? I do. Is it the Christo-fascism? The racism? The rapacious capitalistic greed? The militarism? Take your pick. Or, all of the above. They have all been with us for awhile; so I like

Carpe Diem: 2017.04.02 SOLD OUT

2017-04-02 Leave a Comment Written by James A. Clapp

The Trump administration has just managed to get passed with he assistance of his Republican toadies in Congress legislation that will allow our Internet providers (already a cartel) to sell information

Carpe Diem: 2017.03.14 Extraction Extinction

2017-03-14 2 Comments Written by James A. Clapp

The laws of economics are not as immutable and transcendent as those of Nature (they are, after all, human “laws”); but sometimes they have an ironic sensibility. Take, for example, coal and

Carpe Diem: 2017.02.16 PROTECTION

2017-02-16 Leave a Comment Written by James A. Clapp

Remember Don Fanucci in the Godfather II? No? OK, he was the guy in the white suit in the old NY Little Italy who, as he liked to say, “wet his beak” a little. By that he meant he ran what was called

Carpe Diem: 2017.01.24 Kung Hei Fat Choi

2017-01-24 Leave a Comment Written by James A. Clapp

Carpe Diem: 2017.01.13 BYE, BYE SPANOS CHARGERS

2017-01-13 Leave a Comment Written by James A. Clapp

The Bolts are bolting, setting off to the north in search of higher profits and perhaps a stadium with “sky boxes” for big money types who like nachos and a lap dance while cheering on their