Skitter to skillet afire

In downtown Cleveland, Ohio there is a place near Moses Landing, where Moses Cleveland first debarked from the Cuyahoga River where every Wednesday one can get their fill of corned beef and cabbage. I once lived...

Israel Challenge and Response, Trouble and Opportunity

The fight presents itself with Israel’s actions that are counter to the US peace prescription. That is the challenge and it is all about who owns and controls real estate in Jerusalem. It is not about giving...

Get over it – no you won’t and we won’t either: Biden flunked

From the very first day in office, Joe Biden appears as a fish out of water, a buffoon in a position of importance offering no substance. He is supposed to have a powerful IQ, so I suspect that he is simply bored...

The day before St. Patrick's Day, menu planning

I thought that I would check the web to see if I could learn anything new and helpful before I boil my corned beef, carrots, and cabbage tomorrow for my Irish-heritage wife. She clings to her Irish roots like I do...

Apparently, the US doesn’t need new jobs

At this stage in our economy, what the heck is going on when defense contractor Sikorsky is subcontracting work like this that we so desperately need in the USA? The State Department had to approve this deal, I...

Jerusalem considered the city of God must belong to everyone

The Kingdom of Everyone If you are a religious sort and I am not, you might observe that many religions claim Jerusalem their city. Since in the beginning and in the end, Jerusalem is God’s city, then for...

Obamastock – good buy in the long term

As Howard Fineman is my political broker, I believe that he is right that Obama’s stock will rise based on 1) passing healthcare legislation, 2) addressing issues that Americans care about, 3) doing something...

I vote for a pair of balls

While Nancy Pelosi designs a “sleight of hand” legislative maneuver to advance healthcare without a vote, I am crying foul even though I am a Democrat and want to see it passed. I want Democratic leadership...

Visiting Sherwood Anderson’s neighborhood and Dumpster Don

I don’t think much has changed in Clyde since Sherwood Anderson lived and worked here in Northern Ohio. Yonder is Lake Erie, still covered in winter’s ice, though it’s getting thinner and receding every day....

Two brothers -- Hi-tech and Lo-tech – Graves and Arness

Peter Graves died yesterday.  The younger generation will remember him for his role as Captain Oveur in Airplane. Perhaps his classiest role was not as a comic pilot, but as Mr. Phelps, the boss in the...

Georgia O’Keefe Impressions of Living Artifacts

I visited the Phillips Collection today to see Georgia O’Keefe whose art I always appreciate. Every time that you see an artist of this quality, you have the opportunity to learn more and to enrich your...

Marines Gone Wild - Thank Heaven

I love the US Marine Corps. They are fierce fighters, smart strategists, and today’s most effective brand of warfighting. They operate with great autonomy because they know that the only ones they can count on...

Darwin Calls - Pentecostal Tragedy

In search of culpability Mr. John Boyd calls himself a preacher, and who knows really what that means? He left his wife locked in a bathroom “for several weeks.” She had only water to drink and according to...

Passing healthcare seems sickening

What should bring an enormous sigh of relief seems like the cure that’s killing the patient. I hope that is not the prognosis. I would like to trust that is not the case. It is my party that did the crafting and...

Here's my babbling, baby

Cave Men Perhaps early hominoids uttered crude sounds and signaled with motions and physical expressions to communicate among their peers. A mixture of diverse values and ideas bound by more orderly syntax and...

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