The leaders of the Egyptian revolution are thanking FaceBook for networking protestors out into the streets in a show of force and determination that basically ousted a thirty-year oppressive regime in just fourteen days with almost no bloodshed. Just when you were thinking that Canadian Viagra, directions from any place…
I usually don’t talk about personal stuff in my blogs…well, my opinion, sure, but little else. However, I just spent the last ten days, first reacting to a medical situation effecting my soon-to-be ninety-one-year-old mother and then springing into action with my brother, sister and amazing collection of caring cousins….
When I was a kid reading Genesis in Sunday school or sitting around the seder table at Passover listening to stories about the children of Israel escaping slavery, my perception of Egypt, (5,000-year-old Egypt), was that of a powerful, ancient, forever kind of place. Pharaoh, Cleopatra, the mysterious pyramids, the…
On Tuesday, President Obama will address the nation, to remind anyone who may have been in a coma, that we are still in deep shit. But, although there will be a continuing propensity for protracted pain and suffering, we are on the road to recovery. He’ll mention the things his…
Jared Loughner is undeniably a disturbed and unstable young man. I’m sure there will be articles, ‘in-depth’ TV exposes, public and private debates, medical and lay opinions, books, movies, blogs and tweets that will probe and sensationalize the tragedy of the “Tucson Massacre”. There will be outrage and real and…
Representatives of the newly sworn 112th Congress took turns reading the US Constitution from cover-to-cover, (or top to bottom…is it still on a scroll of parchment?), last Thursday. The intent, I guess, (the real reason is about as clear as the Republican agenda), was to assure the people, (as in…
I’ve been trying especially hard of late To smile more and be calm It would be easier if I could find portended In some tea leaves or my palm A hint that rosiness was predicted by some seer, monk or guru Or That, at least, I could resist the urge…
‘Tis the season, so they say For extra cheer and social climbing For me, it’s about assembling facts And pondering their rhyming So, Relax, be merry, deck your halls Jingle all the way And look for my annual recap At the crack of New Year’s Day
As surprised and pleased as I am that our nation’s largest employer will soon be held to the same legal standard of hiring practice as the rest of us, my half-empty side can’t help but look at the glaring 33, and be appalled that 1/3 of the United States Senate…
I have no delusions that an amorphous group of elected representatives, of wide-ranging intellectual capacity, is capable of stumbling about the halls of Congress to formulate, debate and legislate any bill that would significantly improve my quality of life, enhance my liberty or provide me greater access to the pursuit…