2015 Articles

April 21, 2015 When I published \”Say It Ain\’t So Jon\” a-few-weeks-back — I didn\’t realize that Trevor Noah had been picked to replace Jon; nor had I factored in a possible run for the presidency by Jon.  Of course Jon won\’t run against Hilary in this 2016 election — he may be looking ahead […]

April 11, 2014 Again I must apologize to my ever-expanding readership for the paucity in essays as-of-late — but I was hacked — and the hackers released some malicious software onto my site which caused my host to shut me out.  It took me awhile to work through this (could it have been my \’ISIS\’

March 1, 2015 I wanted to write something as vacuous as Red Lipstick for my next installment — something along the lines of Medicine Finger or the Losing Lakers — but the wife snuck some photos of ISIS-butchered children before my eyes; and now, the only thing that seems important is: somehow contributing to the

February 24, 2015 My female readers may not like the following piece at all; or, they may love it.  I hope to do a companion piece at some stage which reviles the male for an unattractive, but somehow courtship-linked, practice… I watched the Oscars last night, and am pleased to say that over-the-past-two-years I have

February 18, 2015 As I watched these tall, powerful-looking ISIS \”terrorists\” marching these diminutive Egyptians to their executions — I wondered to myself: How, with all the warfare and bloodshed in- that-part-of-the-world, could the enemies of the West come up with 21, physically-sculpted (and obviously well fed) terrorists to behead these poor Coptic fellows?  Some

February 15, 2015 It was Mark Twain who suggested that the secret to his success was all about \”timing.\”  I am finding that each semester I have to recalibrate my weekly timing to handle my new schedule.  Last semester I had two Monday classes which threw off my Sunday penning.  But now I have delightful,