We Get Spam

Dear American: I need to ask you to support an urgent secret business relationship with a transfer of funds of great magnitude. I am Ministry of the Treasury of the Republic of America. … Read more

American Dream

This is a very enjoyable song musically, an interesting video with a number of guest and cameo appearances, and it’s especially timely tonight, the 45th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King’s I have … Read more

18 Million Cracks

As happy as I am with outcome of the Democratic primaries, it’s not without some sadness that I note that we’ve yet to elect a woman as our national leader, lagging behind many … Read more

A Historic Day

There may still be one or two people (see previous post) who aren’t clear on who’s the presumptive Deomocratic presidential nominee, but as the graphic below shows, the world at large doesn’t share … Read more

A Sad Day, 5 Years On

Update: This photo expresses so much more than I can say with mere words. John Moore, Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery / Getty Images More info behind this photo is available, here … Read more

Map of the ride

A More Perfect Union

PHILADELPHIA – “We the people, in order to form a more perfect union.” Two hundred and twenty one years ago, in a hall that still stands across the street, a group of men … Read more