Poisoned, again
When one insurgency hitch falters, hitch a ride with another. A mid-route transfer of this kind appears to be taking [...]
The hard part
In the crude tap-dance that animates the vindictive side of politics, having an enemy under investigation as a potential crook [...]
Ominous palms
Some reliable sources talk nonsense. Savants can have the same knack. This did not stop the oversight of a gypsy [...]
Beasts of the Cretaceous II
After being delivered to a child psychologist to exorcise my affection for all things gone – my inner world hinged [...]
All the time in the world
One day soon the United States will strike a face-saving deal to extricate its troops from Afghanistan. It will be [...]
The 60 percent solution
Not all results are created equal. Aspects of politics and sports suggest the way victory is arrived at and how [...]
Beasts of the Cretaceous
Long before I started going blind, I was an only child in a capital city. A more practical way of [...]
The American crown
What emanated from this American president is not fascism, as some are wont to believe, but monarchism. This president is [...]
Last vanity
I never liked vanity, let alone its fairgrounds. Self-effacement governed my mood. Imagining an exuberantly selfish president like Donald Trump, [...]
Yuletide spacemen
The year 1968 was a glutton for show-stopping events. Even 50 years later, its 12 tumultuous months contain events essential [...]