“Kill all the lawyers.” Misusers of the line from Shakespeare’s “Henry VI” see a put-down of the legal profession in it. Nah. It is a tribute. It comes from a rogue who wants chaos and lawlessness. Listen closely and you’ll hear it in the “Liberate!” mobs. They’re…
In the news where I live, a young man was arrested after sending two baggies of cocaine through a drive-up bank vacuum tube. For safe-keeping? My wife and I shook our heads, laughed, and agreed on this: “It’s refreshing to hear of bizarre behavior by someone…
Heckuva job, Brian-ie. Not many know Brian Harrison. At 37, he is a might callow to known by anyone, much less to be the person heading up the nation’s coronavirus response. Surely, a person of such rank must be a certifiable genius, stable, and steeped in matters…
Some musical selections were overwrought. Some were unintelligible. But when ABC, NBC and CBS joined together Saturday night in “One World Together at Home” to salute health-care workers and the World Health Organization, it was impossible to not be stirred. From the physician who sleeps in his garage to not…
“Just bring me Cuomo,” my wife orders the television. With the rest of us, she despairs at the televised clichés — one more “grim milestone,” one more “word from the White House” which translates mostly to self-serving words. She suggests Anthony Fauci should…
Donald Trump says impeachment was a big distraction. No time to prepare the nation for COVID-19 and to golf. He had to choose one obligation. He chose golf. The lie is that Trump was multi-tasking all along. He had something else going on – something aimed at post-president life. No, not…
For better or much worse, when its Legislature is in session, Texas’ lieutenant governor is arguably the most powerful state official — able to railroad or kill any bill. Right now, however, Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is but a clanging cymbal. …
Informed that Fox News talking heads were getting hammered for having dismissed the virus now afflicting Americans by the thousands, my wife shrugged. “They have to follow their leader,” she explained. So very true. Once upon a time to call one’s self a news organization would,…
“We would be warm below the storm in our little hideaway beneath the waves” – The Beatles Wait. At this very moment, what’s safer: an octopus’s garden or a yellow submarine? I ask because that’s exactly where my mind flashed when a blessed Beatles standby stroked…
Meme of the week: “Wash your hands like you just shook hands with Trump.” Donald Trump says he washes his hands constantly. Since little of what he’s ever said can be believed, take that claim to the Dumpster and dowse it in bleach. Trump has comported himself…