BLOGGER’S NOTE: Today marks the first entry in a new category “Comic Relief,” a subcategory of “Random Thoughts.” The reason for this addition is my sense of ennui associated with the current state of affairs in the United States and around the world. It feels we are in the middle of a five-act Shakespearean tragedy … Read more
I never claim to be the smartest person in the room…with one exception. It is a right reserved for every Ph.D. candidate on the day of the oral defense of his or her dissertation. Having spent years (in my case, five), focused on a narrow topic which theoretically no one else has ever explored … Read more
Prologue There are occasions when news media are caught up in a dilemma when two stories of relatively equal importance occur simultaneous. The classic example is noon, January 20, 1980 when Ronald Reagan became the 40th president of the United States as the Iran hostages boarded a plane that would bring them home after … Read more
(In reference to a report the FBI has advised Trump Org COO Matthew Calamari Sr. and his son to “lawyer up,”) you know the world is upside-down when the Calamari are ordering lawyers for the whole table. ~Stephen Colbert/June 23, 2021 I know, making fun of lawyers is a very low BAR to overcome. Until … Read more
Among the things I miss about David Letterman is the pre-guest segment when he would let audience members share what he called “brush with greatness,” an occasion on which they rubbed elbows with the famous and infamous. I have been fortunate throughout my lifetime to have had many such opportunities with the famous and … Read more