Won’t get fooled again
The lame-duck Biden administration’s position toward embattled Ukraine is now cynically clear: provide that country with as much authorized military [...]
The red button
In the eleventh hour of his presidency, Joe Biden has given Ukraine the green light to use American short-range missiles [...]
Hungry man
In the modern dialect of sportswriting, the concept of desire has come to play a critical role. An upset, whether [...]
Chemo girls
I’ve been quiet in recent years. Like a mouse. Breast cancer and chem can do that. Zap your zeal on [...]
Goodbye to all that
In the early days of autumn, my friend and helper made a trip to my local Rome supermarket to pick [...]
Back to the future
This month marks my father’s 125th birthday. Born in 1899, he came of age during World War I, a time [...]
War bores at a party
It was just after the eightieth anniversary of the D-Day landings; the flags had barely been lowered, and already the [...]
Jupiter on my mind
This may be too serious a subject for a humor column, but I think — stress think — there’s a [...]
Inquiring minds want to know
I recently did something that I have wondered about—but also resisted—my entire life. I took an IQ test. I was [...]
Sand slander
Insults, imprecations, and slurs arise from a variety of dank basements. Racial, cultural, or national, they focus on stabbing at [...]