The pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong refer to their police as the “po-po,” a rather innocent-sounding sobriquet for a force that has unfortunately transmogrified into a militarily outfitted
Vol.107.3: PANDEMIC!!!
The novel coronavirus has provided me with the time and recommended social isolation to return to a subject that has interested me from my boyhood days. Call me wacky, weird, or wonderful, but
Vol.107.2: THE WORST BEST CHOICE (?)
Joe Biden sent me an email today thanking me for helping him and his campaign. I never gave Joe a donation or even a word of support or encouragement. Since well before his hair plugs I have
Vol.106.: ON CORRUPTION, Part 1
The Latin etymology of the word means “to break apart,” which, of course, aptly describes the process of an entity losing its integrity, like the putrefaction of an organic body. But, over
Vol.105.7: LET HONG KONG BE HONG KONG (PART 2): AN OPEN LETTER TO XI JIN PING
Dear Jinping (if I may presume the familiar),
Have you read through Part One of this posting? Hopefully you have an attention span that it exceeds that of the current President of
Vol.105.7: OUR BETTER ANGER
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Vol.107.3: LAND OF KLEPTONOMICS
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One aspect of the rationale for Donald Trump’s ramped up the trade war with the PRC is that the Chinese are deceitful thieves (see, it takes one to know one) it is time to reconsider
Vol.106.5: LAST BREXIT TO ALBION
Remember that old saying about “the sun never sets on the British Empire”? It was true once. But it hasn’t been for a long time and the apt saying today is that the sun has set on the
Vol.105.7: FLAKEY JUSTICE
Full disclosure: like Brett Cavanaugh I am also an alumnus of a Jesuit high school, although we were not a prissy rich-boy boarding school that produced guys who sexually-assaulted women (maybe
Vol.105.5: ARE WE NAZIS YET?
Ja, ja!, we made it! Ooom-pah, Ooom-pah, Ooom-pah!
Ilse Koch, the notorious Nazi “Bitch of Buchenwald” concentration
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