Beauty and the Bull

  The date is March 8, 2017.  It was International Women’s Day.  And in honor of the celebration and as a reminder Wall Street and corporate America are still largely male-dominated, a new fixture appeared on State Street in the heart of New York’s financial district.  Under the cloak of darkness, sponsors installed a 50 … Read more

A Thursday in America

  On March 19, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah introduced a new segment titled “Ain’t No One Got Time for That,” the premise being how to cover all the idiocy coming out of Washington and the alt-right every day in one 21 minute program.  Noah would barely get into a topic before being interrupted by … Read more

Killing Bill O’Reilly

  Besides hosting The O’Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel, Bill O’Reilly has co-authored several books commonly known as “the killing series,” documenting the deaths or downfalls of historical figures including Jesus, Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan, John Kennedy and General George Patton. In each volume, O’Reilly and Martin Dugard (co-author) focus on the background stories leading … Read more

If I Only Had the Nerve

  Unlike Comrade Trump, sometimes you have to admit you made a mistake.  After spending so much time creating MacTrump, this morning I realized a better parody might have been the Wizard of Oz.  This admission was triggered by an article in today’s Los Angeles Times which chronicled a somewhat innocuous promotion by His Orangeness … Read more

MacTrump/Act III

  Act III: The Transition Scene I: Castle Penthouse MacTrump (Donald J. Trump) With victory in hand, tis’ time to pivot.  Or have I in blood stepped so far that, should I wade no more, returning were so tedious as go o’er. Lady MacBeth (Steve Bannon) A shift in manner may come later, as there … Read more