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Note: I decided last week to write this blog this week. In so doing I gambled that there would be more of the same in the news but nothing drastic like the revelation of the Russian bounty on American soldiers and no American response. You never really know what to expect except that it will […]
Fox triplets, do you want a “socialist” America? Then DUMP TRUMP NOW! It’s time to live in the real world. No more Tucker tirades about the unelected Fauci. It’s time to live in the real world. DUMP TRUMP NOW! No more Hannity hosannas about Texas and Florida. It’s time to live in the real world. […]
We all engage in wishful thinking. It is one way to remain optimistic, to keep up one’s spirits, to have hope. It is also the proverbial Wiley Coyote running off the cliff – it works until you look down. Then SPLAT! 25th Amendment Mike Pence has been a source of wishful thinking. When this administration […]
The Tulsa template for professional political wrestling provides the way for professional sports to return to action. Since March, professional sports have ceased. Sports headed towards season-ending championships including at the college level came to an abrupt halt. Sports warming up for the coming season never got started. Tournaments were rescheduled or vanished for the […]
There’s a holdup in the Bronx, Brooklyn’s broken out in fights; There’s a traffic jam in Harlem That’s backed up to Jackson Heights; There’s a Scout troop short a child, Khrushchev’s due at Idlewild … Car 54, Where Are You? Car 54, Where Are You? was a police comedy that aired on NBC from 1961 […]
Opening narration This is the face of Ramos Clemente, a year ago a beardless, nameless worker of the dirt who plodded behind a mule, furrowing someone else’s land. And he looked up at a hot Central American sun and he pledged the impossible. He made a vow that he would lead an avenging army against […]
The numbers 8:46 may become bookend numbers for a transitional period in American history. The first is the time when a jet plane commandeered by Islamic terrorists crashed into one of the World Trade Towers in Manhattan. The second is the amount of time a Minneapolis cop knelt on the neck and back of black […]
Spoiler Alert: “Monsters from the id” is a key phrase in the sci-fy classic Forbidden Planet. The story takes place in the 22nd century. It involves a rescue effort of a previous ship and colony. The would-be rescuers learn that the people from the first ship had died a hideous death. They were ripped apart […]
Mitch McConnell has a decision to make…if he hasn’t made it already. McConnell is an adult. He lives in the real world. The Senate Majority leader has a transactional relationship with the President of the United. McConnell’s decision will be based on his analysis of the political situation and the November elections. Whether or not […]
In American history, there have been three existential moments when the fate of the United States was at risk: creation, secession, and depression. CREATION At the birth of the country, there was no guarantee that it would be successful. There was no guarantee that the fledgling states would successfully constitute themselves. One person made a […]
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
