First, the I'm A Bit Confused Dept.: There's an ad currently running on TV for a drug called Intuniv. The drug is for children who are suffering from ADHD, and the visual image features a mother coming out the doors of the school with … [Read more...]
On Monday Morning Philosophy, Or, Founders Tell America: “You Figure It Out”
"...you see, all the majesty of worship that once adorned these fatal halls / was just a target for the angry as they blew up the Taj Mahal..." --From the song "Gasoline", by Sheryl Crow The reason this is coming up today is because I've … [Read more...]
On Petals And Metal, Or, Today And Tomorrow, Street Actions Are Afoot
A young lady visitor on the set of "Never Give a Sucker an Even Break" asked W.C.Fields if he liked flowers. Fields replied he was very fond of Four Roses. --Ronald J. Fields, from the book "W.C.Fields By Himself" So here's what's up: … [Read more...]
On Taking It Back, Or, Wisconsin Recalls, Explained
"I will tell you this: Any business where two partners don't trust each other, any business where one party says, 'You need to do X, Y and Z because I told you,' is a business that is not only not run well, it is a business that can never … [Read more...]
On Being A Titan, Part One, Or, See It, Say It, Sue It
We have tomorrow Bright before us Like a flame. Yesterday, a night-gone thing A sun-down name. And dawn today Broad arch above the road we came. We march! --From "The New Negro", by Alain Locke So here's the deal, as it sits today: for a … [Read more...]
On “La Dolce Vita”, Or, The Real Life Of A State Worker
Good morrow to the day so fair; Good morning, Sir, to you: Good morrow to mine own torn hair Bedabbled with the dew --From "The Mad Maid's Song", a selection from "The Hesperides & Noble Numbers", by Robert Herrick So as … [Read more...]
Social Security: If You Can’t Kill The Program, Screw The People
The foot less prompt to seek the morning dew, The heart less bounding at emotion new, And hope, once crushed, less quick to spring again. --From "Thyrsis", by Matthew Arnold So here's the deal, short and sweet: Social Security is amazingly … [Read more...]
Campaign Manifesto #3: On The Road, Defending Social Security
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, grass grows by Itself. --From the "Zenrin Kushu", attributed to Toyo Eicho I-90, the main route from West to East (if your fake trip begins in Seattle, as ours did), was closed at Wall, South … [Read more...]
Campaign Manifesto #2: In Which We Travel To Wisconsin
All sober enquiries after truth, ancient and modern, Pagan and Christian, have declared that the happiness of man, as well as his dignity consists in virtue. Confucius, Zoroaster, Socrates, Mahomet, not to mention authorities really sacred, … [Read more...]
Campaign Manifesto #1: In A World Of Phonies, It’s Time For A Fake Candidate
It was almost too good to be true. Richard Milhous Nixon, the main villain of my political consciousness for as long as I can remember, was finally biting that bullet that he's been talking about all these years. The man that not even … [Read more...]
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