Okay, ill try this again since so few people seem to get the obvious.

REVISED: If you read this article before April 11, 2012, you may want to read it again as it has been edited to resolve some lack of clarity in the original.

In a scathing New York Times op-ed, Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith announced that he was quitting his job after 12 years. You see, he only recently realized that the investment bank had lost its “spirit of humanity.” Ah yes, Goldman Sachs and the "spirit of humanity." This is… Read full post »

A misty mystical silver grey rainy twilight in belov’d Bagdad by the Bay. The sidewalks a carpet of cherry and plum blossom. Cala lilies bloom everywhere. I’d went down the hill to return a stack of overdue books and pick up some items on reserve. Forgot my umbrella. Hungry… Read full post »

It’s often hard to tell responsible journalism from bald propaganda; but some can argue this is no longer a distinction with any real difference. Nowhere is this more true than in the area of law.

A recent article at Salon.com reporting the so-called “anti-Occupy bill” (H.R.… Read full post »

“Kudos to Apple, for undoubtedly putting pr… Read full post »

Sadly she was also one of the most savaged. Seeing the way the fans and paparazzi descended… Read full post »

No, I’m not kidding. As Jewish leaders decry the Mormon baptism of Simon Wiesenthal's relatives, how does Mitt Romney feel about the practice? When asked by Newsweek in 2007 if he has done baptisms for the dead (in which Mormons find the names of dead people of all faiths and… Read full post »

 In San Francisco on August 4, 2010, Chief Judge Vaughn Walker struck down California’s Proposition… Read full post »

It may well be that som… Read full post »

In transition

 *         Aaliyah and R. Kelly: 5 Months

*         Renée Zellweger and Kenny/… Read full post »

“Nothing is so powerful as an idea whose time has come.”

(George Bernard Shaw)

On the one hand Iceland has begun… Read full post »

“Ever since Tom Lehrer recorded his imperishable anti-Christmas ditty [click here] all those years ago, the small… Read full post »

I know it’s rather late notice but this will save you a lot of time. I ask of you, as have asked of all my friends and colleagues, that this year all gifts intended for me be delivered instead to Rasul (Rocky) Clark in kind. You see,/… Read full post »

You all remember," said the Controller, in his strong deep voice, "you all remember, I suppose, that beautiful and inspired saying of Our Ford's: "History is bunk. History," he repeated slowly, "is bunk."

 He waved his hand; and it was as though, with an invisible feather whisk, he had… Read full post »

 The Keen News Service, reports that U.S. Senate passed a defense spending bill on Thursday (December 1) but with a much watered-down amendment seeking to enforce the constitutionally defective Defense of Marriage Act against same-sex marriages. (Don’t ask anyone t… Read full post »

What we witness with the growing unrest in America is a perfect example of the message of Christopher Hitchens in his marvelous 1998 essay "Goodbye to All That: Why Americans Are Not Taught History.”

To paraphrase Ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern in a different context, thanks to the pitifu… Read full post »

Attention Wal-Mart Shoppers:

Early-bird Black Friday has turned ugly with 'competitive shopping' incidents. Unemployed Americans desperate for a Merry Christmas cluttered with cheap gewgaws made by outsourced slave-labor in a Chinese sweat shops (where the 0.01% capitalists don’t have… Read full post »

Clear away the smoke and mirrors of the phoney medical cannabis debate and you will find a pot-club pig-sty beneath the dull facade - not to mention a lot of desperate sick sheep being screwed.

At this point I must conclude that Twitter is for twits but that’s perhaps true for most social media. Anyone who communicates private information via social media (or, for that matter, any means other than a hard-wired land-line) has got to know they have little privacy protection from governm… Read full post »