Lincoln stared past me. His etched visage looking out towards somewhere in empty space contemplating some great cone disconnected from what the artist had posted as a quote below him. “A house divided cannot stand.” It’s written in script to give it an old timey solemnity. When quoting the bard, even if it is Lincoln quoting Shakespeare,...
The irony does not escape me. I am at 35,000 feet, wedged between two people on my way to Milwaukee via a stop-over in Chicago. The flight departed at 6:45 this morning. I tried to sleep through take-off, but that was, as expected, an exercise in futility. I am unarmed. Well… that is probably a misnomer. I have a...
Well… last week I wrote about the fiasco called Jan 6th. Most of you gave me some serious attaboys! Some of you were less than pleased with me “supporting the insurrectionists”… sigh. Well, this blog is sure to piss off a bunch of people too! Enjoy. Let's start out with a scene from a John Wayne...
The French Revolution? Over the last few days, I have heard numerous references to the United States undergoing a process similar to that of the events leading up to the French Revolution. God, help us if that is true. The years following the French Revolution were anything but sanguine for the French people. Fortunately, I think the comparisons...
Go East, Young Man? Over the last few years there has been a noticeable migration of citizens from California and New York to points east and south. There are many reasons for this phenomenon. If you subscribe to Marxist economic theories, then it is simply a rational act by greedy capitalists looking to maximize profits by moving...
