War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Andrew Wyeth, one of greats in the art world of precise realism, died today at the age of 91. (Illustration of Wyeth’s ‘Christina’s World‘ found here). On the artwork above, from the New York Times obit story this morning: One picture encapsulated his fame. “Christina’s World†became an American icon like Grant Wood’s “American Gothic, 
One last jab at Decider George’s sad and nearly-innocuous good-bye address last night, an useless endeavor if there’s ever been one, and with nearly 70 percent of US peoples wanting him gone — good, good-bye to eight years of some real-bad doo-doo. A lot commentators reflected it was Decider George’s best speech — because it…
Even an after-thought already. Decider George’s farewell fiasco was eclipsed in the news cycle today by the Airbus doing a hard belly-flop in the Hudson River — and furthermore, a “miracle,” as everybody on board got out alive, creating a story-line way-overshadowing a despised president’s parting dribble. (Illustration of Emile Jean Horace Vernet’s ‘Les Adieux…
Late this afternoon here in northern California — early evening back on the right coast — Decider George will bid his not-so-absolute farewell to a beleaguered nation, a crowd of US peoples itching for his face to disappear off any kind of radar. The folksy speech, apparently, will continue the bullshit: The speech at 5…
As the Gaza situation continues, even in the face of international outcries and the top U.N. human rights official calling for a war crimes investigation, the real-deal hand in all this, Iran, is being cool. One great fear of this entire cruel episode is that Israel will piss off its Arab neighbors so bad, an…
Intelligence does not always mean brainy. Charlie Wilson wasn’t a spook, but he used the stuff of spooks to create such an explosive blowback situation in Afghanistan that the war he fueled altered modern life — and not at all for the good. Wilson is a Custer-like asshole who convinced all of DC the CIA…
The latest yesterday in grand ‘Support the Troops’ style: The U.S. Army said Wednesday that 7,000 family members of soldiers killed in the Iraq or Afghan wars mistakenly were sent letters addressing them as “John Doe.” Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey, Jr., was sending a personal letter to all the families who…
One major gripe I’ve got against the New York Times‘ Frank Rich: He doesn’t publish enough. Rich weaves theater into politics and for the most part, at least this past year, has threaded together the best observations on the DC goings-on — He continually nails Decider George. This evening another good, insightful ditty, commenting the…
No one seems to be paying much attention to the warmth. In this second day of a new year, the biggest problem facing the US — and the world — is not the financial meltdown, not Gaza, and not President-Elect Obama’s abs, but the weather. And it ain’t getting any better. Climate change is like…
As one of the most-bizarre and just-plain-weird years comes to a close and a new 12-month cycle just cranks off, I’ve gotten this really-bad feeling about Decider George and all the horrible, immoral, illegal shit he’s done — he’ll just ride off into the sunset scot-ass free. That’s just so wrong. (Illustration found here). The…