C The Romans used a ‘C’ to indicate the number 100. Late 19th century American educators developed the letter-grading system and assigned the ‘C’ to represent average performance. So, it seemed to me that there might be some correlation between the two as relates to the one hundred-day milestone of…
On Friday night, I went to see The Amazing Kreskin, (I know, I thought he was dead too, but no, he’s still doing his schtick…although he did blow his big closing bit where he has audience members hide his paycheck which he agrees to forfeit if he can’t intuit its…
A lot of what I write about is rooted in my perception of clear-headed, analytical thinking, admittedly judged by my own cogent analysis. I rarely sway far from my posted theses, although, on rare occasion, a differing opinion has led me to reevaluation, (I read Cuomo’s education bill top to…
If this was Jeopardy, the question would be, “What is a phrase that you’ll never hear from a Republican politician?” OK…for you purists…”never” should probably have been “seldom”, but would you at least grant that there’s a hard lean towards “never”? The notion that government has a necessary role and…
Note to the Democratic Congress…: Your Republican counterparts have made a decision to seek shelter up the ass of a dangerous, mentally unstable, (use this interactive space to fill in your favorite fear-inducing descriptors), Putin-controlled lunatic and, as far as I can tell, only you or the military have remedial…
Note to the Republican Congress…You are embarrassingly incompetent and morally bankrupt as relates to all of these things: rep·re·sent /ˌreprəˈzent/ verbverb: represent, 3rd person present: represents, gerund or present participle: representing, past tense: represented, past participle: represented Be entitled or appointed to act or speak for (someone), especially in an official capacity:”for purposes of litigation,…
I don’t know the name for this growing global movement in other languages, but its American, “English”, incarnation couldn’t be less descriptive of its intent or practice. The basic idea, the root, the syntax as well as the political motivation is that the populous, (common man as it were), finds…
The only instance that comes to mind, where one’s aspirations for the lowest bar would signal a tendency for positive achievement, would be the Limbo. Other than that mainstay of Calypso revelry at beach parties, bar mitzvahs and various gatherings where live or DJ-ed music is featured, not so much….
Although, as a kid, my family thought of our Jewish observance as ‘Orthodox-leaning’, in fact, we belonged to a ‘Conservative’ synagogue. The designation allowed for a more assimilated version of observance that took into account five thousand years of human progress that couldn’t possibly have been foreseen by the architects…
As a constant observer, (I wish I could look away), of the reporting, spin, bluster, re-spin and back-pedaling misdirection of the facts or alternative-facts of every issue, dire or trivial, I am woefully aware of the need for an appearance of credibility. Therefore, these facks, my facks, although admittedly pulled,…