Suicide Revisited

Two current events have brought to the fore the issue of suicide. The first is a remarkable increase in the suicide rate, particularly among American Indians and white women. The second is a revival of Obama’s feeling that he can gain political advantage by resuscitat… Read full post »

Obama’s Race-Based Tribute to Jason Collins

While Obama’s economic technicians are slippin’ and slidin’ in an effort to blunt Obamacare’s frontal assault on American prosperity, the ideological architect of the mess is off telephoning Jason Collins telling him w… Read full post »

Gun Control—Liberals at Their Most Myopic

In a perfect world—much like the one where there are no illegal aliens living in the United States—guns of all kinds would be possessed only by the military and the police. Guns are a uniquely efficient means of hands-off killing… Read full post »

The Secularization of Black Despair

Despair on the part of those whose needs exceed their means is not unique to the black community, yet it probably resonates most strongly there. In the twentieth century, this despair found profound expression in two historic musical forms: gospel and the… Read full post »

Today's news includes a report that Anthony "Slopey Shoulders" Weiner is spending amounts that would keep New York families food-stamp free for months in order to assess his chances for a run for New York City mayor.

What's most remarkable is that Michael Bloomberg's recent lunatic moves to restrict… Read full post »

Nothing is unexpected. The death of the Baroness, certainly not at her age. The media coverage of the event by the BBC, CNN, and other "major" media outlets, certainly not given their philosophical and political malignancies. The excesses of the coverage perhaps reached its apogee when some strident… Read full post »

Cyprus To Tax Savings

Michelle: Barack, did you hear the news?

Barack: No, you know I always turn off my phone on the links.

Michelle: Oh yeah, I forgot.

Barack: Besides, the news is always bad. That raid in Benghazi, for example.

Michelle: I… Read full post »

Challenge:  How to call out Michael Moore for his latest frantic effort to redirect to him attention which is waning by a public that is frankly bored by his opportunistic, parasitic, and, curiously enough, capitalistic move to stuff more money into his already overstuffed self without attractin… Read full post »

As a result of the valient efforts of Barack Obama, the EPA, Mayor Bloomberg, and other frustrated nannies, the human race is clearly destined to live forever as a result of perfect air, sterilized water, fat-free diets, and the total supression of fuels that have regrettably led the United States to… Read full post »

Recently, Obama's hyperbolic utterances regarding sequestration have slipped into outright and verifiable lies. His administration is awash in negligence, fraud, and scandal.

Realizing this, the Republicans have finally drawn a line in the sandbox where Obama plays. The result is that the Obama Bully… Read full post »

Photo Shopping Michelle's Oscar Gown

 It seems that before the image of Michelle Obama announcing the Best (no sorry, we can't say Best; how about Not As Bad As Most?)  Picture Award at the 2013 Oscar Ceremony, was transmitted to the Muslim World, it was doctored to add a top and… Read full post »

And the Winner Was . . .

It was a star-studded night at the Pantages Theatre as Bob Hope hosted the Oscars with his characteristic charm and bi-coastal, multi-racial, and good-spirited humor. Having just returned from yet another of his USO tours to lighten the spirits and, with… Read full post »

Different poem--same prize: An electronic copy of my debut novel, Slipping on Stardust, which is doing astonishingly well on the Amazon ranking.

To win, you must fill in the two blanks below in order to capsulize the gist of the poem.

_____________ v. ___________________

The Silver Rose

A rose… Read full post »

Obama 2013—The “I”s Are Back

President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union address was a rather predictable yawner, but it did have a few memorable features.

Obama has two elocutionary devices depending on the venue. When he’s with the folks, slurring pronunciati… Read full post »

The Pope Is Retiring—And Therefore?

It seems that those of us who are interested in what’s going on in what we laughingly refer to as the “Real World” will have to hold our water until news of the Pope’s retirement thoroughly soaks through.

Don’t get me… Read full post »

A Poetry Contest

Poetry intimidates me. I rarely understand it, rarely more than a Ted Frier novella.

But I've written one; I think a rather poor one. But I'm going to award a copy of my debut novel, Slipping on Stardust, to the first person who identifies the theme of the… Read full post »

The Right Has It Wrong on This One 

The Right is on the warpath regarding Obama’s drone (kill first, interrogate humanely after) policy, which the Right regards as the apogee of hypocrisy. The ACLU has joined in in a rare moment of accord—a union which must really make Obama cringe.&… Read full post »

The Right Has It Wrong on This One The Right is on the warpath regarding Obama’s drone (kill first, interrogate humanely after) policy, which the Right regards as the apogee of hypocrisy. The ACLU has joined in in a rare moment of accord—a union which must really make Obama cringe.&n… Read full post »

John Kerry’s early utterances on the Benghazi scandal indicate that he is more than ready, willing, and able to follow in the fouled and fetid footsteps of Susan Rice, Hillary Clinton, Jay Carney, and, lest we forget, Barack Obama. 

Kerry’s statement to the effect that he will not al… Read full post »

The Spirit of 2010—Liberty Lives!

Two years ago, the American people roared a resounding “NO!” to the parasitic, collectivist policies of Obama and his henchmen. Whereas a normal politician, not consumed with an elaborate sense of self-regard, would have followed Bill Clint… Read full post »

Revenge v. Love of Country—Romney Deals Obama the Coup de Grace

In the fierce competition between Obama and Biden over which one can embarrass himself most profoundly when deprived of the teleprompter crutch, Obama comes out the clear winner, not with a slip of the tongue, but rather… Read full post »

Sandhazigate—Obama’s Moral Failure

As evidence of Obama’s malfeasance in office concerning Benghazigate continues to seep through the MSM screen, voters are beginning to see how they’re being manipulated by Obama’s hit-and-run approach to Sandy. Click, click, an… Read full post »

Benghazigate and Sandy—Obama’s Selective Activism

Obama’s stern admonishment to his team to push reservation and restraint aside and to plow forward cutting red tape and removing bureaucratic obstacles all in the service of saving and/or serving the victims of Sandy is in stark co… Read full post »

Benghazigate and Sandy—Obama’s Selective Activism

Obama’s stern admonishment to his team to push reservation and restraint aside and to plow forward cutting red tape and removing bureaucratic obstacles all in the service of saving and/or serving the victims of Sandy is in stark co… Read full post »