My favorite/standard Thanksgiving screed, via Mr. Mark Twain: “Thanksgiving Day, a function which originated in New England two or three centuries ago when those people recognized that they really had something to be thankful for…
(Illustration above found here — illustration out front found here). Last Friday a special announcement: Lawrence of Arabia: 50th Anniversary Edition (1962, Sony, PG, 2-disc Blu-ray, $27; 4-disc Blu-ray collector’s gift set, $96). Although I…
Another Halloween, but slapped hard by nature — there’s a few million US people who won’t be prowling the streets tonight seeking after treats. The trick will be to crawl through Hurricane Sandy’s rubble and…
(Illustration found here). All things on this planet have just three parts: A beginning, a middle, and an end. No matter the subject, the material, or the biological make-up, the life of all things have…
History is relative. And in this 24/7 nowadays it’s way-hard to imagine any kind of life without electrical power. Hence, last week Leon Panetta spelled it out: “Well, there’s no question that if a cyber…
President Obama ain’t pissed already: If it turns out that some of the allegations that have been made in the press are confirmed, then of course I’ll be angry,” he said. Of course, the source…
Monday morning — again. And in these way-pre dawn hours here on California’s northern coast there’s quiet and peace and a bit warmer than normal. Just from the my perch, the world appears A-Okay, but…
We can all sleep better now that Mitt Romney is once again the top GOP dog — slipping past the field in Arizona, and especially in the land of his birth, Michigan: ” … We…
Old men, they are now — the big three of the scandal of scandals. The Washington Post blog The Reliable Source reported on a chance encounter in late January of John Dean, Bob Woodward and Carl…
Tis the season for the big lie. Infamous fabricator Stephen Glass is now after a lawyer’s job — off ‘Shattered Glass‘ fame, he made up stories at the New Republic during the late 1990s and…