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Which Side Are You On?
Damn those outside agitators! That seems the conventional reaction this week to pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses. It’s nothing new. Violence…
May 4
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April 2024
April Love
The title refers to the song, not the month, although the month of April has much to praise. I listened to Pat Boone’s April Love on the car radio…
Apr 28
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A Good Day For World Peace
“It’s a good day for world peace.” - Joe Biden, April 24th, 2024 A very fine day for peace indeed! Nothing says “peace” quite like Stinger…
Apr 24
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Pro-Palestinian is Not Antisemitism
You’ve gotta hand it to the Republican-led House of Representatives. They certainly know how to put on a good show. Such was the case this week when…
Apr 17
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Kill the Damn Computers
I hate to say, “I told you so.” Actually, I don’t really mind. The recent and justifiable angst over kids and social media has deep roots. So too does…
Apr 10
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Trump-as-Jesus
Support for Donald Trump has always been unfathomable, but unfathomability has reached dizzying new heights with the Trump-as-Jesus phase. This week a…
Apr 5
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Ask What You Can Do . . .
“Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.” This quote from John F. Kennedy, Jr’s Inaugural Address in 1961 seems…
Apr 1
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March 2024
American Exceptionalism
It is hard - no, impossible - to reconcile the brilliant spring day outside my Colorado window with the brutal images from Gaza and from our southern…
Mar 23
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The Foundering Ship of State
The largely ceremonial and usually useless State of The Union (SOTU) speech finally lived up to expectations. It was a surprisingly accurate assessment…
Mar 11
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It May Be Too Late
A recent column by New York Times columnist David Brooks made a point and missed the point. I’m not a fan of his pseudo-philosophical musings, usually…
Mar 7
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February 2024
Don't Depend on the Courts
Wednesday’s Supreme Court decision to hear Donald Trump’s absurd immunity case is disheartening. Among rationale observers there is little doubt about…
Feb 29
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Play Can Save Us
The numbing ubiquity of human despair and political idiocy is enough to get a guy down. I spend far too much of my retired life with the New York Times…
Feb 24
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