Grateful Immigrant Restores U.S. Flag On Wind-Swept Beach of Boca Raton

Last night like millions of horrified Americans, I watched anxiously on television that chaotic scene at the Washington Hilton where President Donald Trump was to speak at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner before all hell broke out.    Thank God, the rapidly responding U.S. Secret Service agents in coordination with the Metropolitan Police Department took … More Grateful Immigrant Restores U.S. Flag On Wind-Swept Beach of Boca Raton

Each Has a Solution For Irradicating Evil

In this matter between the pope and the president, it might help if everyone understood that often force prevents evil from exploding into something far worse, like nuclear bombs. Okay, that dubiously divine picture that went holy cow viral, didn’t look to me like a doctor prescribing medicine!  Since there are quite a few Catholics … More Each Has a Solution For Irradicating Evil

Is It Right for Reich to Compare ICE To Hitler’s Brown Shirts?

Sometimes I get a kick out of our past secretary of labor under former president Bill Clinton, Robert Reich.  But most of the time these days I’d like to give him a swift kick in the you know what compartment. Sometimes the nonsense he spreads in his column is more frightening than enlightening, not to … More Is It Right for Reich to Compare ICE To Hitler’s Brown Shirts?

Nothing Will Motivate More Than This In Helping America Acquire Greenland—$$$

Dear President Trump, in your proposal to acquire Greenland, try substituting the friendlier, more compelling word Money for that harsher, more threatening word you sometimes use, Military! Then I suggest offering to every citizen of Denmark the equivalent of $3,000 if their government agrees to give us this pivotably important land separating us from Russia, … More Nothing Will Motivate More Than This In Helping America Acquire Greenland—$$$

From Police to Presidents, the Pleasure Serving Comes Mostly from Helping Others!

Of all President Trumps wheeling and dealing, watching his signing this latest deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, I couldn’t help thinking perhaps this gave him the most pleasure. It reminded me of what a police officer friend once told me that his greatest pleasure came not from arresting people but helping them. How … More From Police to Presidents, the Pleasure Serving Comes Mostly from Helping Others!

What’s Really the Best Course for America Right Now?

In this high-stakes political game of poker called the government shutdown, I can’t help wondering if the major political parties truly have the best interest of our country and most of us, its population, in both their heart and mind. Or is it once again what position will win the most favor, motivate the most … More What’s Really the Best Course for America Right Now?

When Doctor Says You Have ‘The Common Cold,’ You’re at a Grand Opening Event

The way my doctor’s voice resonated on the word “common” made it sound  almost presidential, like I was an honored guest at a grand opening event, light years from anything remotely pedestrian, ordinary or commonplace. Ironically coming on the heels of those massive “No Kings” protests across the country, coming down with the common cold … More When Doctor Says You Have ‘The Common Cold,’ You’re at a Grand Opening Event

Blocking Hurricanes, Will He Deport Them too? How Vast is a President’s Meteorological Might?

Have you seen the latest weather reports?  That last restless mob of killer hurricanes apparently preferred to stay offshore.   Could our go-getter president’s rapid thoughts and clenched-fisted actions be so far reaching they’ve extended even offshore?  Could Trump’s toughness be making even giant hurricanes leery?  Perhaps thinking twice before landing onshore? Not too long … More Blocking Hurricanes, Will He Deport Them too? How Vast is a President’s Meteorological Might?

Majestic Through Warmest of Years, In 2050, Lady Liberty Gets a Vacation

On Labor Day 2050 with thermometers surpassing 125 degrees, President Karloff will sign an Executive Order to rewrite what has become too attractive a message that’s now “overworking freedom and driving liberty a bit berserk.” The President today aimed both barrels from his high perch in the State of Columbia at what was once meant … More Majestic Through Warmest of Years, In 2050, Lady Liberty Gets a Vacation

When Cometh a Nuclear Threat Is It Better to Act or Not to Act

Whether you like him or you don’t, whether you voted for him or you didn’t, one thing is crystal clear, which is this, we have president who is unafraid to act to save a whole population from nuclear devastation. When it comes to dealing with what strongly appears to be a highly likely, rapidly oncoming, … More When Cometh a Nuclear Threat Is It Better to Act or Not to Act