Being Holy Week, permit me to begin this week's entry from the Bible. One of the seemingly less relevant of the Ten Commandments would seem to be the one about not making graven images. The admonition against creating "gods" from molten metal...
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Sympathy For Michelle
I know there's a lot of important issues in the news to discuss this week, and I do believe we may be at a pivot point in the balance of power in Washington; but do forgive me this if...
The Name You Know
A few years back Eddie Murphy did a film called "The Distinguished Gentleman". Okay, maybe it was more than a few years ago... "few" is relative when it comes to years. Anyway, in the film he played the part of a...
The Washington Generals
Everyone likes to be a winner, but being a well rewarded loser is not that bad either. The Forty-niners may have lost this year's Superbowl, but don't cry for them; they'll be fine. Then there's the Washington Generals, the famous opponents...
Horns of a Dilemma
The snub of popular New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in not being invited to this year's CPAC conference, and the predictable outcry, demonstrate the fact that Republicans are caught on the horns of a dilemma of their own making. Much is...
The Jaws That Bite, The Claws That Catch!
One form of borderline child abuse that has been fine tuned for adult populations by national leaders is the use of the dreaded "bogeyman". Many cultures have employed their own version of this amorphous monster to terrorize their children into...
The Need For No
Humans search for limits. Put a man in a dark cell and he will seek to find the walls, moving for the sole purpose of discovering where he needs to stop. Give a teenager a fast car and he will want to...
Seasons Change
We would do well in the midst of the gloomy winter to remember the words of Heraclitus: "Nothing endures but change". The heat of summer does not abide forever, but neither will the cold of winter. Nor do the governments of men....
Enemies Are Hard To Find
Every superhero needs an archenemy. After all, without villains, who needs superheroes? Take away The Joker, Catwoman, The Riddler, Mr. Freeze and their ilk, and Batman just becomes an odd circus performer running around in his underwear. And the villains need to...
Accelerate 2.0
Following is a press release some of you might be interested in for an event promoting business in upstate New York... seems to be mostly pertaining to the Buffalo area, but all of New York is desperate for some good...