George W’s $250 Million Can of Whitewash
Big doings in Big D — the George W. Bush Presidential Library is open for business! What a piece of work it is: a $250 million, 226,000-square-foot edifice … Read more
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American Politicians and the Tail-Sucking Mobius Loop
A veritable gaggle of disgraced politicians have recently serpentined their way back into the spotlight F. Scott Fitzgerald famously uttered, “there are no second acts in American lives,” … Read more
Yellow-Bellied Cowards
Hey, Senate, got a few choice words for ya And now for a few choice words about the recent Senate vote that scuttled universal background checks on gun … Read more
Are You Part of a Zero TV Household?
Will young “Zero TV” households evolve into the typical Dish-worshipping couch potato mode as they age? Besides aliens with eyes in the back of their heads, a possible … Read more
Argus Hamilton on the News: Carnival Cruise No Carnival
Carnival reimbursed the U.S. for rescuing two liners stranded at sea with overflowing sewage early this year. In their new ad campaign, Carnival promises to treat you like … Read more
Lost Journal: Lasik-ally, I Got Rid of my Glasses
Journal entry: February 12, 2008 (age 38): LASIK surgery Is there any surgical procedure that sounds, just in terms of the basic description, like a good idea? “First, … Read more
Earth Day: Saving Our Ravaged Planet … and Ourselves
Earth Day cometh — the 43rd year of this national focus on the state of our globe. So, how is Earth doing? On this Earth Day, should we … Read more
Where’s the Cop on the Wall Street Beat?
Wall Street Bankers gone wild! Let’s tally some of the Wall Street banker crimes: JPMorgan Chase engaged in massive, systematic fraud to foreclose without cause or due process … Read more
Lost Journal: For Some, the Glasses are Always Half-empty
Journal entry: February 12, 2007 (age 37) Eyes are the windows to the soul. Therefore, eyeglasses are the outside pane of double-paned windows to the soul. I could … Read more
Play Ball 2013
Forget the robin. Ignore the tulips. Do not let the Easter Bunny, hummingbirds or awakening bears hoodwink you. The first baseball thrown in anger is the true harbinger … Read more
