I LOVE SATIRE!
DANA MILBANK CONTRIBUTES A WONDERFUL BIT OF SATIRE to NOTUS “Perspectives,” June 23, 2026. I encourage you to read it in totality. Just for fun (and as I love satire!), … Continue reading
MOTHER NATURE GIVES THE GREEN FINGER TO TRUMP’S “AMERICAN FLAG BLUE” PART 2
THIS ALL STARTED WITH TRUMP WANTING TO IMPROVE the National Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C. (He’s not the first who’s tried: See “Trump Falsely Claims Obama and Biden Spent Hundreds … Continue reading
MOTHER NATURE GIVES THE GREEN FINGER TO TRUMP’S “AMERICAN FLAG BLUE” PART 1
IN PARTS 1 AND 2 TODAY AND TOMORROW, here’s proof positive that Mother Nature knows more than Donald J. Trump. (And who’s surprised?) The Reflecting Tool Debacle. Maxine Joselow describes … Continue reading
TALES OF A LADY’S HAT AND ANOTHER LADY’S HANDWRITING
A RECENT BIT OF SATIRE FROM ANDY BOROWITZ REMINDS ME OF A JOKE from more than five decades ago. Background. This brouhaha erupted several days ago when Neil Vigdor reported, … Continue reading
“RADIO CLASSICS” FUN
WHAT’S THE LINK BETWEEN RADIO’S SAM SPADE AND DARTH VADER? Or the Spruce Goose with a guy dressed up like a Roman peasant? What about this same guy linked with … Continue reading
TRUMP REALITY 2.0
AMONG THE MANY DISTURBING TRUMP ACTIONS is his fascistic sense of history. Like Mussolini and others of the ilk, he warps reality—current and past—to fit his own ambitions. Trump’s persistent … Continue reading
ONE RICH CAT, SORTA
THE SUBHEAD TO CHRIS HEATH’S PIECE “The Richest Cat in the World,” The Atlantic, May 18, 2026, is “Did Karl Lagerfeld really leave millions to his blue-cream Birman, Choupette?” Here … Continue reading
MATHS, MUSIC—AND ACROSTICS
FULL DISCLOSURE: I HAVE A PH.D. IN MATHEMATICS, which the British charmingly refer to as “maths.” But I confess to only a vague understanding of musical composition. And, with an … Continue reading
BEN FRANKLIN’S WISDOM
ADAM LIPTAK POSITS “WERE THE CONSTITUTION’S AUTHORS a Little Too Optimistic?,” The New York Times. The article’s subhead: “The nation’s founding document has a blind spot. Trump is making it … Continue reading
IDENTIFYING AN OBSCURE EXAMPLE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN SONGBOOK
SO THERE I WAS, ON AN ERRAND of something or other, listening to SiriusXM “40s Junction.” As usual, I was delighting in The Great American Songbook, a topic appearing here … Continue reading
