I love history and I read a lot of it. My first reading choice is usually fantasy and/or time travel, but after that? History. Lately, I’ve been reading serious biographies of people I have always admired and in whom I… Read More ›
Politics
A MINI HISTORY FOR NON-AMERICANS
Like most wars, our Revolutionary War was about money and land — pretty much like every war. The money part was about taxes — especially on tea, which was very big until America discovered coffee — and who should pay… Read More ›
OUR PANDEMIC LEGACY – RICH PASCHALL
What We Have Learned So Far, by Rich Paschall While we certainly have not put this long social nightmare behind us, we have learned a lot along the way. These are some of the highlights, or in most cases, lowlights…. Read More ›
SEND IN THE CLOWNS REDUX – Garry Armstrong
From May 14, 2017: A little piece from Garry that rings as true now as it did four years ago on this same day. “Send In The Clowns”, on its own merit, is a beautiful song from the show, “A… Read More ›
PLAGUES AND PANDEMICS
Plagues are not always pandemics. For a plague to become a pandemic, it has to have spread so widely that no location is spared. A pandemic is a plague (or epidemic) that has run out of control. Back in those… Read More ›
INHERIT THE WIND
Fanaticism and ignorance is forever busy and needs feeding – Clarence Darrow
WHAT DOES CHARLIE BAKER HAVE AGAINST WORCESTER COUNTY?
Massachusetts isn’t a huge state. We aren’t Texas or even New York where there are miles of open country between cities. Basically, we have one city — Boston — and a lot of small towns. You can drive from the… Read More ›
IT ENDED AS IT BEGAN: THE T@%$# IMPEACHMENT REDUX
I wish that T&%$# Impeachment II had ended with a surprise, but it didn’t. It ended better than I thought it would. The really most frustrating moment was Mitch McConnell’s diatribe against T&%$# after the trial. Basically, the jury, aka… Read More ›
JUST WHEN YOU THINK T%$#@ IS GONE, HE’S BACK. AGAIN.
I really thought we’d finally gotten rid of the Orange Menace, but he’s back. You’ve got to hand it to what’s-his-name. He wanted to be special and he is. Not in a good way, but who else has managed to… Read More ›
IMPEACHMENT REDUX
Watching Impeachment Redux on CNN, eating Owen’s freshly-baked French bread (oh wow oh wow it’s so GOOD!) while realizing I’m not getting dressed today. I’ve got Lidocaine patches on my back and anything with a waistband will knock them off…. Read More ›
TWO WEEKS WITH BARACK & MICHELLE OBAMA – “A PROMISED LAND” & “BECOMING”
“Becoming,” by Michelle Obama and “A Promised Land,” by Barack Obama were on the best-seller list for quite a while. I’ve gotten a bit tired of political books, but I was running out of new books. I’d read all the… Read More ›
GLUED TO THE NEWS
I admit it. Other than a short car ride with Owen today, I watched the news. Garry has a cold. Not a really bad cold, but he was already bummed having realized that NOTHING he thought was going to get… Read More ›
