Is there perhaps an axiom, for politics, femininity, or both, here: Beware a woman who never changes her hairdo; she is probably incapable of ever changing her mind? I remember…
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We straggle off the bus in a heavy downpour and, across the narrow river looms the domed building that has become iconic of the occasion of the first nuclear…
Random thoughts on Veterans Day Every Veterans Day gets me thinking about four of my late uncles who served in World War II, two of them in combat in North Africa, Italy, and Burma.…
The political reality check that the Republican Party received two days ago was like a Hurricane Sandy storm surge that wiped out a half-dozen of Mitt Romney’s mansions and caused…
As it was four years ago there were several “congratulatory” emails from my friends in Europe and Asia in my inbox this morning. They had written earlier about how concerned…
The Goebbels Factor There are a lot of people who still believe the big lies about Barack Obama. You know: the “birther” lie, the “he’s a Muslim” lie, the “he’s…
Now we come to the 3rd, and final part (Hey, I heard that; who said “Thank God”?) Of our trilogy on the twisted minds of political/social conservatives. Indeed, this is…
So, where were we. (You can always review 79.2) Right, political and social conservatives are not just quaint folks who wear flags and teabags and reminisce about those “mornings in…
How many conservatives does it take to change a lightbulb? Three; one to change the bulb, and two to stand around discussing what a fine old bulb it was. That…
Every time I see the image of lemur–eyed Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan I struggle to recall where I have seen him in person before. I know that I…