Columns

The World Will End on Sunday! For the 3rd Time!

​Folks on the far Left ought to be worried they will run out of firepower. They have been firing howitzers and dropping bombs on modest targets. If and when they confront genuinely big targets they will have used up their weaponry. ​The weaponry, of course, is the...

Hot dogs, hamburgers and hatred

We find dollops of hatred on the menu this 4th of July. Facebook bristles with diatribes. As do various social media portals. Politicians screech insults. Hollywood stars spit gutter language at the President. Mobs drive White House staff and their families from...

Keep Those Cards and Prayers Rollin’ In

Here are a few observations that make many of us uncomfy. This year a few billion people will have to take off their shoes to board an airplane. That is not an exaggeration. This is a lot of tootsies. A lot of bother. A lot of nuisance. All because a doofus boarded a...

When It Comes to Trump, There is a Little Secret

Trump confounds his critics and friends. Maybe he confounds you. But you can understand a lot about Trump if you follow my friend’s advice. John is a big-time corporate head hunter. He finds people to fill jobs that pay multi-millions. He gets paid only if he finds...

How Much is that Poodle in a Bikini?

Okay. I understand why the Miss America pageant wants to end the swimsuit parade. But…have you considered what bad things lie ahead? I know, I know. It was a babe strut. No pretending here. Nobody cared that Miss Arizona could fiddle. And Miss Kansas tap-danced. And...

Marlboro Man Lassos Southwestern Jet

Surely you must feel safer this week. I mean, after you read that a Southwest Airlines pilot made an emergency landing to protect his passengers. This was after a passenger lit a cigarette in a bathroom. (Why do we persist in using that word? Have you ever come across...