Sunday, October 4th, 2015
I remember in the early 90’s in Tucson, I was teaching at the Cactus Moon Café. There was a dancer that came out all the time. He always wore a fedora hat. He was emotionally unstable and had had run-ins with the law over many issues. I often talked to him and yet kept clear
Wednesday, September 30th, 2015
An old geezer became very bored in retirement and decided to open a medical clinic. He put up a sign outside that said: “Dr.Geezer’s clinic. Get your treatment for $500, if not cured, get back $1,000.” Doctor...
Monday, September 28th, 2015
Beggars can be choosy. And they are. For example, many refugees whine ‘Finland’s No Good’, because of the cold. Hundreds of predominantly Iraqi migrants who have travelled through Europe to reach Finland are turning back, saying they...
Sunday, September 20th, 2015
So I’m going through airport security and the guy says, “Open your briefcase sir.” I flip the snaps, open the lid, and then the guy totally freaks out. I mean he called a supervisor, told me not...
Saturday, September 5th, 2015
Way back in the old days, sometime in between the dinosaurs and the Miley Cyrus, people had to work really hard just to survive. Men, women, and children were chasing buffalo, picking berries, fighting off lions, and...
Friday, September 4th, 2015
A frequent theme nowadays is “Why do they hate us?” meaning why does so much of the world detest the United States. The reasons given are usually absurd: They hate our freedom or democracy. They hate us...
Tuesday, August 25th, 2015
For those that think social media has some kind of magic bullet powers (I hear people talk like it does all the time)… The traffic on my linked in profile just went up 2,442% (yes that’s a...
Wednesday, August 5th, 2015
Twenty years ago, hysteria swept through the media over “hunger in America.” Dan Rather opened a CBS Evening News broadcast in 1991 declaring, “one in eight American children is going hungry tonight.” Newsweek, the Associated Press and...
Saturday, August 1st, 2015
I’ve had four death threats. I’ve had several major media outlets write articles trashing me (with hundreds of comments agreeing. Even two rap songs composed just to bash me). I’ve had people even show up unexpectedly at...
Friday, July 31st, 2015
The United States has embarked on a headlong rush into matriarchy, something never before attempted in a major country. Men remain numerically dominant in positions of power, yes, but their behavior and freedom are ever more constrained...
Friday, July 10th, 2015
The local pub has been a part of English culture for hundreds of years. A gathering place for the community, an important part of social harmony. But the local pub is a dying breed. Over and over...
Thursday, July 9th, 2015
After my 85th birthday last week, I looked back over my life and was surprised to discover in how many different ways I had been lucky. In addition to some other ways in which I was unlucky....
Monday, June 29th, 2015
The political left has come up with a new buzzword: “micro-aggression.” Professors at the University of California at Berkeley have been officially warned against saying such things as “America is the land of opportunity.” Why? Because this...
Sunday, June 28th, 2015
“I will never be able to hold her again, but I forgive you.” So said Nadine Collier, who lost her mother in the massacre at the Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, offering forgiveness to Dylann...
Saturday, June 27th, 2015
In the old days, the slaves had to ask permission from their master to get married. And when the master gave his consent, the slaves celebrated, danced, and made expressions of joy. So happy were they with...
