May 7, 2012
Austerity Sucks
Let’s not kid ourselves. Austerity sucks. It is not fun for anybody, especially politicians. And more especially, European politicians. It is not fun for the average voter, the average dieter, the average public employee, the average retiree...
May 7, 2012
Don’t Look Back
It was Satchel Paige who said, “Never look back. Someone might be gaining on you.” Perhaps that is why “Forward” is the best campaign slogan the Obama campaign could come up with. They know that they have to...
May 3, 2012
The Illusion
Perhaps it was all part of a plan. Still it seems oddly coincidental that just as revelations come out that the woman Barack Obama dated in one of his many autobiographies was actual not a woman but a...
May 3, 2012
The Shank
My Uncle Bob calls it the dreaded perpendicular shot. In golf, when you mishit a golf ball so badly that almost kills the person standing next to you, you have hit a shank. A shank can happen...
May 2, 2012
Home Run or Foul Ball
Instead of tuning in to President Obama’s speech to the nation, I watched the Nationals Bryce Harper swing for the fences at the ballpark last night. Unfortunately for Harper (and for Nationals fans), he took the collar...
April 30, 2012
A Return to Normalcy
In the aftermath of World War I, the Palmer Raids, a failed effort to ratify the League of Nations, economic stagnation and the failing Presidency of Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding ran for president on a promise to return...