This is from a recent item in the N.Y. Times:The ideas spilled from Mr. Burnett, a well-regarded showman best known for producing “The Apprentice”: a parade up Fifth Avenue, a he… Read More

Apparently, I was wrong when I wrote that Trump voters were suckers for believing his campaign pledges.  I was the sucker for believing them. Call me the least persceptive person in Was… Read More

Oh, it’s still going to be awful with Sarah Palin being mentioned as the next Interior Secretary - to his everlasting shame, Palin was John McCain’s gift to America); Rudy Giulia… Read More

(W.H. Auden’s “Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,” repurposed)Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,Silence the… Read More

Against all odds, assume the Donald Trump who shows up for the second presidential debater is thoughtful, well-prepared, respectful, and dare I say it, presidential.Of course, this would be… Read More

I am Trump.  It is 3 am. I am awake and ever vigilant. When I become president I will be standing guard 24/7 and will never sleep. Can Hillary make that claim?  I think not.I am Tr… Read More

I don’t know how many of Donald Trump’s supporters belong in Hillary Clinton’s “Basket of Deplorables.” Most? Fifty percent? Many? A rabid few?Certainly Tr… Read More

It’s over; Hillary Clinton is too short to be elected. The average highest of American presidents, since it all began, has been 5 ft. 10.7 inches, and five ft. 11.6 inches since 1901.E… Read More

The Immigrants Turned Away“Give me your extreme-vetted, your ideologically certified, your elite. Send only the smartest, the best-connected, the richest to our shores. N… Read More

Kathleen Parker, a conservative columnist for the Washington Post, although to her credit she opposes Donald Trump, writes that the recently released emails from Hillary Clinton’s Stat… Read More

In fairness, Trump has never, in so many words,  urged Second Amendment people to stop Muslims.From accounts in the N.Y. Times and the Washington Post (annotated):Queens, N.Y. - Maulama… Read More

Borrowing from Mister Trumps's comments and those of his supporters:I want to urge Second Amendment people to stop lying Hillary Clinton.I want to urge Second Amendment people to stop crooke… Read More

Henry the Second’s precise words may be lost to history, but this is close to what he said in 1170 when his dispute with Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, formerly a close frien… Read More

Calling the bay “dark, brown and stinking,” Lars Grael, 50, a Brazilian sailing legend who won two Olympic medals, said he had encountered human corpses on four occasions while s… Read More

Once again the left-wing, liberal press is attacking me for remarks I made about Khizr Khan and the silent Mrs. Khan. And speaking of the lamestream press, Sarah Palin is home in Alaska… Read More

My wife remonstrated with me the other day for my attempts at satire in my blogs and on my FB page. Some people may not understand that it’s satire, she said, think you mean it and tak… Read More

From the National Enquirer, a "credible" source:"Trump and Putin Claim They are Just Friends; Intimate Pictures Suggest More""Melania Storms Out of White House, Claims Prez is Cheating on He… Read More

Sow the Wind, Reap the WhirlwindFinally, Bernie Sanders has conceded the obvious. He will not be the Democratic nominee for president. And he has, finally, given Hillary Clinton a full body… Read More

FEAR AND DARKNESS IN AMERICAPLACE: ANYWHERE. YOUR TOWN, MY TOWN, OUR TOWNSCENE I – BACKYARD BARBEQUE CHORUS:  Violence, chaos in our communities, disaster, in ruins. Men and women… Read More

I came upon Death on a winter's day on the path that runs along a bluff above the sea. It was cold, as you would expect for a winter day, and the wind bit hard, driving the sea onto the rock… Read More

I wonder how many Bernie supporters who plan to vote for anyone but Clinton were heartened by the virulent, anti-Clinton rhetoric and lies at the first night of the convention. You folks are… Read More

The city of Cleveland has explicitly banned at least 72 kinds of weapons, gadgets and assorted hardware from the 1.7 square-mile "event zone" at next week's Republican National Convention. A… Read More

“You say you want a revolutionWell, you knowWe all want to change the world…” – The Beatles“A revolution is not a dinner party . . . A revolution is an insurre… Read More

5.0 out of 5 starsTime well spent.By Larry Kahaneron July 5, 2016I approached this book of musings with some trepidation as I usually don't want to read someone else's ranting - especially i… Read More

The Second Amendment has become a license to kill:I don't know any details about the horrific sniper shootings of the Dallas police officers. I don't know who was responsible, their motives… Read More

From the N.Y Times: “In a major shift for online commerce Amazon is quietly changing how it entices people to buy.“The retailer built a reputation and hit $100 billion in annual… Read More

In 1917, while serving in the Army, Berlin composed an all-soldier musical review called “Yip, Yip Yaphank,” as a patriotic tribute to the U.S. Army. One song Berlin wrote for th… Read More

Thoughts from Mt. Trump:  I am The Don and you shall worship no other Dons before me. I like the sound of that.I am one election away from being the President of the United States. It&r&hell…Read More

Cut off! Abandoned! Bereft!When I left Platts Oilgram News three years ago, after 30 plus years of exemplary service, I started to receive copies of the publication in my email. It was a com… Read More

Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat-Massachusetts, the idol of liberals and progressives, endorsed neither Hillary Clinton nor Bernie Sanders until Clinton clinched the nomination, at which t… Read More

Here is a compilation by RealClear Politics of recent poll data:RCP Average4/28 - 5/18----45.842.7Clinton +3.1Rasmussen Reports5/17 - 5/181000 LV3.03742Trump +5FOX News5/14 - 5/171021 RV3.04… Read More

Last weekend, the Nevada Democratic Convention voted to award a majority of delegates to Hillary Clinton reflecting her victory in the state’s caucus in February.Bernie Sanders support… Read More

I’ve made no secret of the fact that I don’t yearn for Bern, although I do wish he had been a forceful voice for his ideas within the Democratic Party during his Congressional ca… Read More

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“This is a tough race for us,” Bernie Sanders told thousands of supporters in Manhattan last week. “We have a system here in New York where independents can’t get inv… Read More

Neither Clinton nor Sanders are qualified to be president? [It’s an absolute given that neither Trump nor Cruz are qualified].This is from Clinton:Former secretary of state Hillary Cli… Read More

My name is Britton.  I am no longer young, but not so very old. I live by the sea.I came upon death on a winter day on the path that runs along a bluff above the sea. It was cold… Read More

Tyler Thomas’s first book, a collection of short stories entitled “The View From Here,” sold modestly before it was remaindered and dumped on a three-books-for-$10 table at… Read More

Sirens' Sweet SongThe Sirens, Homer tells us, enchant all who come near.Anyone who draws to close to their island and hears their singing will never be welcomed home again. The Sirens&n&hell…Read More

He is wearing a New York Yankee tee shirt, jeans and a baseball cap turned backwards. He looks to be in his early twenties and has an incipient beer-belly. His sandy hair is long at the neck… Read More

Tyler Thomas’s first book, a collection of short stories entitled “The View From Here,” sold modestly before it was remaindered and dumped on a three-books-for-$10 table at… Read More

DUCK AND COVERMiss McGinn rapped her desk with a ruler to quiet her sixth graders as a bell sounded throughout the school. “This is no joke,” she said sternly. “It’s… Read More

George awoke shortly after 7 am after a fitful night’s sleep. He was not sleeping well of late and was in a sour mood.He stood carefully on unsteady legs and walked to the bathroom, hi… Read More

It was difficult for Jacob to imagine it could ever feel like spring in a place like this. Winter yes, with its dark clouds, freezing rain and snow. But not spring.Yet, as Jacob lined up out… Read More

Not everyone is qualified to be a PI, particularly in a tough burg like Brooklyn where people can do awful things at any time of the day and the aggrieved or victimized turn to a private dic… Read More

Death was a frequent visitor to the Ebb Tide Retirement and Nursing Home in St. Pete. It usually arrived during the night – perhaps there was a biological or psychological reason… Read More

For the Lth year, I was not invited to a Super Bowl party. A relative by marriage of my acquaintance said it's because people don't like my personality. I hope that’s the not the case… Read More

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Walkabout, Silver Spring - Friday, January 22The sky is darkening and an air of impending doom hovers over this pleasant, leafy suburb outside of Washington.Here’s why:D.C. region brac… Read More

Look, for all his fear mongering and racist rhetoric, Donald Trump is not Hitler. Not even close.  To conflate Trump with Hitler, one of history’s most evil monsters, is to trivia… Read More

There it is, peeking over the horizon. 2016. A new year, all shiny and  promising better times, a better you and a better me.That’s what resolutions are about, aren’t they?… Read More

My book, “Unhinged," is a damn good read as the following quotes attest to. It's available print-on-demand from Amazon and Barnes&Noble. It's not available in any library, so you h… Read More

Christmas - 2015The Christmas season usually puts me in a mellow mood. The religious message never mattered to me and the rank commercialism aside, it was always a relatively quite time for… Read More

A few years ago, Oklahoma Republican Senator James M. (for Mountain - no really) Inhofe had an opportunity to move from the Senate Environment Committee to chair a different committee.Inhofe… Read More

San Bernardino, Calif.,  crystallized it. Suddenly, it all became clear.  The mass shootings and slaughter of innocents in America? It’s the Muslims and ISIS.“Our natio… Read More

The distributer who lists "Unhinged" on Amazon and Banrnes & Noble charges a fee of $50 annually, which I pay. So far this year, I've earned less than that from sales. Clearly, it's not… Read More

Monday - 11/30One of the major drawbacks of living in or near a city is that you seldom see a night sky full of stars. But in Sooke, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, on the shore of Juan… Read More

Monday, 11/231872 - Kaiser Wilhelm I of Germany settles U.S. - British boundary dispute. Pig War ends with a single casualty - the pig.On June 15, 1859, Lyman Cutlar, an American, shot a pig… Read More

Sunday, 11/22Just a reminder. Today is the anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. Remote history to some; not so much to those who have a personal memory of that weekend.I am… Read More

The U.S. is not a fascist country. Not even close, regardless of some of the rhetoric from the political far left, and rants from the far right that federal regulatory agencies engage in Ges… Read More

President Donald TrumpAddress to the American PeopleMarch 4, 2118My Fellow Americans -- Good evening. I am speaking to you tonight from the Trump Tower vacation White House to provide an upd… Read More

Address to the American PeopleMarch 4, 2018(Recorded at a broadcast of the President’s remarks to an audience of supporters at Trump’s Paradise Golf Resort and Casino, located in… Read More

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Sunday, 11/15I was standing in front of the egg case at the supermarket this morning discussing eggs with a gentleman (it's what we do in the suburbs), who until he was eighteen lived on a f… Read More

Thursday - 11/5Unlike Piazza San Marco in Venice, Plaza Mayor in Salamanca, and Rome’s Piazza Nova, the plaza in front of the east side of the U.S. Capitol building isn’t a place… Read More

On a recent morning as I walked across the plaza in front of the east side of the U.S. Capitol, I heard “The Star-Spangled Banner” being sung by a group of about 30 people gather… Read More

The state of New York is investigating whether Exxon Mobil misled the public and investors about the risks of climate change.The investigation “focuses on whether Exxon Mobil intention… Read More

11/3 -Final At-BatAnnie Savoy: I believe in the Church of Baseball. I've tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I've worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees… Read More

Thursday, October 29Midway through our walk, Casanova and I were sitting on and under (me on, he under), the bench in Sligo Creek Park - our usual way-stop - that bears a plaque with the ins… Read More

This picture appeared, unbidden, on my FB page with the statement, “If you a see the image type ‘Amen.’ ”Thus far, the photo has been “Liked” over 700,000… Read More

From the N.Y. Times, October 20, 1862:“The living that throng Broadway care little perhaps for the Dead at Antietam, but we fancy they would jostle less carelessly down the great thoro… Read More

Despite the murder of nine people who were shot to death at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., the latest mass shooting in the U.S. - more recent shootings in Arizona and Texas, whe… Read More

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I once attended baseball game in Baltimore with my dad, on a chilly April evening. I glanced over at him about the fourth inning. He was shivering and looked miserable. I don’t precise… Read More

The day we tore the goal posts downWe’ll have those moments to remember - “Moments to Remember,” by Robert Allen and Al StillmanTearing down the goal posts after your… Read More

Did you see Jackie Robinson hit the ball?It went zoomin cross the left field wall.Yeah boy, yes, yes. Jackie hit that ball.                  --&n&hell…Read More

The Great White Father came bearing gifts: new Nike sneakers for the kids, brand new coats, and the promise to sell popcorn manufactured by the company run by the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, at… Read More