2020 Loose Ends

  This is the last in a series of posts related to the 2020 election. It consists of a potpourri of topics which were not worthy of deeper analysis as standalone blog entries. BUT WHAT ABOUT… The squatter-in-chief may not be able to control or even fake a response to a pandemic, but when it … Read more

Moby Schtick

  They think me mad–Starbuck does; but I’m demoniac, I am madness maddened! That wild madness that’s only calm to comprehend itself! The prophecy was that I should be dismembered; and–Aye! I lost this leg. I now prophesy that I will dismember my dismemberer. Captain Ahab/Moby Dick My God, they were frightened of Muskie and … Read more

Who’s Hue

  WARNING:  This post is one more data point by which readers can decide either this blogger sees things others do not or whether he lives in an alternate universe. When someone says “power to the people,”  what they often mean is “power to my people. Senator Joe Biden, Harrisburg, PA, 1974 When Biden secured … Read more

Let’s Be Honest

  If there had been a Star Trek episode about the 2020 election, Captain Kirk would have constantly reminded the crew their “prime directive” was to ensure the alien being who threatened civilization for the last four years would not be given another quadrennial lease to foment division and chaos.  In the final scene, once … Read more

Apples and Oranges

  Or…”All Resistance Is Not Created Equal.” You could see it coming.  Just last month the editorial board of the New York Post reminded its readers, if Trump voters reject a Biden win, they are only mimicking Democratic resistance in 2016.  Quoting an article by Shadi Hamid of The Atlantic, “Liberals, after all, never real … Read more