Dr. ESP At first it was just aberrant behavior. One can argue it began with Richard Nixon and his 1972 re-election campaign’s “dirty tricks.” Their success by bending the rules is best described by Mark Felt (aka Deep Throat) in the film All the President’s Men. based on Bob Woodward’s and Carl Bernstein’s book of the same title. … Read more
You ask me what I’m thinking aboutI tell you that I’m thinking aboutWhatever you’re thinking aboutTell me something that I’ll forgetAnd you might have to tell me againIt’s crazy what you’ll do for a friend ~”Daddy Issues” by The Neighbourhood Just when you thought there was the slightest possibility Republican “Team Sane” might eventually land … Read more
Don Ohlmeyer, former NBC president and the original producer of Monday Night Football, when asked to explain irrational choices in business, sports and politics, wisely opined, “The answer to all your questions is…MONEY.” Consider the opening week of the college football season when second tier college teams travel to Power Five Conference stadiums to be … Read more
NOTE: My absence the past couple of weeks is, as is often the case, due to a convergence of two or more situations. First, today I am posting entry #800 and wanted to make sure the content matched the milestone. Second, I am finally recovering from a bout with the flu which has made it … Read more
Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. ~George Santayana It was August 1999. Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan hosted the National Governors Association annual meeting in St. Louis. I was there. I ran into PBS NewsHour political commentator Mark Shields on an elevator. He asked if I knew why the Republican … Read more