Dear readers, by ‘tricentennial” I mean not to refer to my AGE (although it sure feels like it sometimes!), but rather to the fact that I have posted over three hundered essays on this website. The term “flor regium” is a Latin term that translates, literally, as “a bunch of flowers”, but its figurative meaning refers to a collection of
Dear readers, by ‘tricentennial” I mean not to refer to my AGE (although it sure feels like it sometimes!), but rather to the fact that I have posted over three hundered essays on this website. The term “flor regium” is a Latin term that translates, literally, as “a bunch of flowers”, but its figurative meaning refers to a collection of
“I heard gun shots outside….They arrested my neighbor first…five officers armed with machine guns came and I froze. They forced me into the kitchen where my nephew was eating soup, facing me. My mother was at the stove to my left… they forced me to the ground… They sent my nephew into the next room and said to my mother:
Last week, New York State passed a law that they have termed the “Reproductive Health Act”. In a televised speech, and to much fanfare, New York’s Governor, Andrew Cuomo, presented the new law as if it were the pinnacle of Western Civilization. He touted it has a great step forward, and beamed that New York was, once again, leading the
Chip On Their Shoulder Americans The epidemic of Americans with chips on their shoulders claiming micro aggressions, offensive behavior and offensive speech has GOT to stop. Although our Bill Of Rights codifies many rights that Americans enjoy, it does NOT ordain the right “not to be offended.” None-the-less, the hypersensitivity of politically correct “snowflakes” seems, increasingly, to be the ethos
Well, it was just a matter of time. President Trump “blinked” first. He had to. “Reopening” the government without funding for the wall was inevitable. As I indicated in my recent post (Demonize Them!, 1/20/19) the Trump strategy to force border wall funding by closing the government was not set up properly to be effective. The whole narrative had, right
Liberal and leftist propagandists tell many lies to advance their surreal view of the world. The most egregious, damaging and downright stupid lie, however, has got to be the meme that “all cultures are equivalent”. This trope is trotted out when, for example, liberals play apologist for barbaric sharia law. And they also use it, often, to dispel any notion
On Friday, a loyal reader (thanks JD) sent me a text commenting on President Trump’s tenacity in the current governmental stalemate, and I would agree, certainly, that Mr. Trump is one “tough hombre”. Unfortunately, however, I don’t think, at least up until this weekend, that he’s managed the P/R on the shutdown well. Now, I think it’s fair to assume
No deal. The stalemate continues. Questions abound. Here are a few: The Democrats tell President Trump: “Reopen the government and then we’ll negotiate ‘border security’ later.” Ladies and gentlemen, if you believe that, I have some lovely land in the Everglades that I’d like to sell you. If the Democrats are intransigent under the maximum leverage that the partial shutdown
Two more brief thoughts on last night’s events: If anyone had any doubts about the cluelessness of the current Democratic leadership, Chuck and Nancy, last night, ameliorated all of them. And, I’m not alone in this impression. Following the Democratic “rebuttal”, social media literally exploded with derrisive amusement. Some pointed out that Chuck and Nancy, side by side, had an