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My Contrarian Is Bigger Than Yours
My contrarian is bigger than your contrarian. How about a little poll? Which of the following four seeming inconsistencies is the most . . . exasperating? Immigration States like California are gearing up for “sanctuary” litigation. First of all, what’s the definition...
Return To Sender
When our kids were in school, “Gag Me With A Spoon” was a popular “Valley Girl” expression for something really obnoxious, offensive, distasteful, or . . . all of the above. Do you think the following spam mail that lands in my email Inbox on occasion--for which I did...
Alternative Facts And The BIG Pivot
Trump says of pending TrumpCare that “it’s going to be beautiful.” Well, there may be a few points worth making here. One, what's presently on the table, and supported by The Donald, is not really TrumpCare. You might call it RyanCare. Or you might call it...
What Goes Around . . . Comes Around
You know all of those “Not My President” folks. How can you not. If you don’t concentrate, you’re liable to run one of them down lying in the street you’re driving on. Some like what these protesters are doing. But some don’t, this writer included. Lawmakers are...
A Different Kind Of Hunger
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz recently embarked upon a nine-day trip to Indonesia. He took with him more than 500 tons of luggage. That’s one million pounds! The air freight company that handled the assignment employed 572 workers to carry the load, which included...
Cutting Back When Times Are Tough
Can we . . . talk? Please. The Wife tells me we are spending too much money. She says we need to dial it down. Way down. During President Obama’s eight years in office, his travel expenses totaled $97 million. (Maybe not so bad because “travel” includes related...
Not My President!?
To advocate for change in a democracy (or even in a republic, like the U.S.), there's a right way to express one's views. And there's a wrong way. One way: Stand up and scream "Not My President!" Better yet, lay down in the middle of a busy street, hold your signs up...
Hayley’s Comet
For those who prefer to condemn the performance of President Trump and his team since his administration took office, it might be nice for each of us to focus on the laser focused opening remarks of the new U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, former Governor of...
Turning Lemonade Into Lemons–Have I Got A Conspiracy For You
Strange as it may seem, I read an interesting news story this past week. Strange? That I read? Or that I read interesting stories? But be that as it may, there is a startup company that is developing a means for early detection of certain diseases, including...
Drip, Drip, . . . Drip
In one of my recent blogs, I marveled at how so many were more concerned about Russia meddling in our 2016 Presidential election than they were about what that meddling disclosed about Hillary Clinton. To me, by far the more troubling issue was the (lack of) integrity...
