“All my means are sane, my motive and my object mad.” Captain Ahab’s words, spoken for him by Ishmael, the narrator of Herman Melville’s 1851 novel, explain his quest for Moby-Dick, the white whale. Soon after leaving Nantucket Island, Ahab…

This is the week of the 60th anniversary of John F Kennedy’s speech at American University (June 10, 1963). As I wrote last year, his words are as relevant – if not more so – today than they were then….

Donald Trump is a buffoon. He never understood the ways in which Washington DC worked: he didn’t fully staff his administration with cabinet officers and advisors who would genuinely support his goals and help him succeed in the DC swamp;…

Saturday Night Live (SNL) has been a staple of late-night television comedy since 1975. Structured around an ensemble cast, and featuring weekly hosts and musical guests, it has become a presence in most of our lives for decades. That ensemble…

Looking back over the last year, it’s clear that any hope that the 1/6/21 riot at the US Capitol would have resulted in positive change was never going to be realized. Both political parties who could have, and should have,…

With so much going on around us,  I decided to use a single post to gather my thoughts. First, the elephant in the room is the collapse of the American empire in Afghanistan. This was always going to happen, as…

  “On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” – H.L. Mencken The next “election for America’s soul”…