Barack Obama is the first president ever to get a comprehensive medical care bill passed and signed…yet the reaction of much of the far left was to complain that the plan did not go far enough and lacked a “single payer” feature.

Now he becomes… Read full post »

I was in the City to see the arrival of Enterprise; which came piggyback on a 747.

I did my viewing from the upper deck of the Frying Pan...my favorite Big Apple watering hole...a pier jutting out into the Hudson.

Here are some pictures I took.

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I was writing a reply to a comment in another thread of mine—and the notion of another Civil War worked its way into the response. I considered it an acceptable bit of hyperbole when I wrote it, but it got me to thinking.

The ingredients are… Read full post »

In a blog earlier today, conservative blogger, Stephen Guy Hardin,  wrote:

“Listen carefully when you hear screeching accusations about fairness. Just below the surface, you’ll hear an appeal to greed and envy totally inconsistent with the American spirit.”

&md… Read full post »

…be elected president in November. Or at least, that is my opinion—and my prediction.

Mitt Romney, with his huge war chest, is toast. His people think he cannot be elected…and although I think they are wrong, I am convinced he will be dumped.

Rick Santorum will… Read full post »

So anyway…the Pope decided he wants to check Church doctrine back to the original sources documents in order to see if any mistakes had been made during translations over the years…and he assigns a pious monk to do the job.

Years of research later, the Pope… Read full post »

In another thread today, I wrote that I thought Liberalism is its own greatest enemy. I'm going to devote a separate thread to the notion.

Fact is, almost nobody who truly wants to see progressive legislation enacted refers to him/herself as a liberal these days. "Progressive" has taken… Read full post »

Wow! The temps got up into the high 40’s today…which, in February, is like heaven for a golfer in New Jersey. There was no wind…and for the greater part of my round, the sun was out and it actually felt warm.

I relished the day…although my… Read full post »

Just want to remind everyone to check their SPAM box in the Message section. Many of my incoming messages have been coming into my SPAM box instead of into the INCOMING box.

Not sure what the hell is going on (and the problem was discussed here a month or… Read full post »

 Folks, I haven't seen Bob Eckstein around for a long time now, but he did some great cartoons for the cover back a few years.

He met up with a bunch of us at a bar in New York City...and was a great guy. Here are some pix.

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Ovid wrote: 

“Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”

The point he was making is much like the point I want to offer for consideration here. 

In another thread earlier today, I saw a… Read full post »

This in from CNN OPINION. It is a memo from Democratic strategist (and CNN regular), James Carville to “The Republican Establishment.”

I thought it to be hilarious!

Editor's note: James Carville is a Democratic strategist who serves as a polit… Read full post »

I notice that among conservative politicians for national office, the contenders all seem to be trying to out-conservative their opponents. We hear, “I am the most conservative candidate;” “I am the true conservative;” “I am the most reliable conservative;”… Read full post »

In a terrific op ed piece in today’s New York Times, columnist Bill Keller proposed a scenario that has Hillary Clinton replacing Joe Biden as Veep on the November Democratic ticket. 

The article makes lots of sense…and is a great read! 

Here is… Read full post »

 I have friends who primarily vote Democratic and tend to be to the left of center in the political spectrum…and friends who primarily vote Republican and who tend to be to the right of center.

 Many of the former aver, “There are no real differences between the two par… Read full post »

This is a chapter from a sci-fi story I probably will never finish. Hope you like it.

At some point, they looked directly into each other’s eyes and acknowledged that they were alone together in the hot tub with absolutely no chance of intrusion. Neither Michael nor Nancy would… Read full post »

This is the text of a front page item in the New York Times on January 2nd, 1905. Essentially, it reports the end of the Russo-Japanese War.

The respect shown between the combatants is amazing.

Tokio, Jan. 2.--Port Arthur capitulated at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon. G… Read full post »

In a post earlier today, Tom King commented on the Tebow situation. He asked, “How do you solve a problem like Tim Tebow?”

Tom got rather exercised over the way the public and the media are reacting to what Tom considers a fairly benign act of reverence on… Read full post »