Eight-O
While I probably didn’t deserve to live this long, I was still hoping to have a generally happy, if slightly guilt-edged dotage. But while recently celebrating my 80th birthday I suddenly realized that the bulk of my post-2014 retirement years have been spoiled, mostly by one person, a captain of a ship of fools. Wind back…
How About Democratic Capitalism?
All this fuss about the Democratic Socialists taking over the Democratic Party is simply a recognition of when capitalism gets out of control, when it gets un-democratic, there is a reaction in this county. It happened in the late 19thCentury with the rise of organized labor as a result of corporate greed, and it happened…
My Top 10 Villains
Wow. It’s our 250th Birthday. And there is quite a contrast between the people who founded America and those who have gotten it into its current sorry state. While there have been lots of bad actors throughout our history, short of the Confederacy I don’t think there has been a group of people who have so…
The Beautiful Game? Ugh!
Sorry. I gave soccer, excuse me, futbol, a shot during this recent World Cup. Frankly, I think I’d rather watch paint dry. Maybe I went into this with a bit of prejudice. That fawning over Trump, that “trumped up” peace prize, just left a really bad taste in my mouth for FIFA in particular, and…
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