What Could Happen… Putin is going to lose his brutal and idiotic war. Hopefully the US and friends won’t give him a target for a tactical nuke, so he won’t be able to retreat with a big swinging dick. Russia will take that chunk of eastern Ukraine and Crimea, alas…

A Dose of Hopium I love that term — “hopium” — wonderful actor and activist Joe Taylor gave it to me. Hope is indeed a dangerous drug. It can stop action, or replace it. It’s often deceiving. I fall for the best possible outcome, even when I know the alternatives. …

As Merrick Garland struggled to regain his composure in his confirmation hearing he attempted to explain how his family fled anti-Semitism and sought security in the US. He failed to choke out a full sentence. I know the moment well having experienced it almost every time I speak on subjects…

This time, no more Mr. (Jackass) Nice Guy. No apologetic accommodation, my kind Democrat and progressive friends. No polite request that the other side be conciliatory and “reasonable.” The Repuglikkkan seditionists — two thirds of their Congressional caucus voted to REBEL against the results of a free and fair election…

…It Is Their Right, It Is Their Duty… I felt Moscow Mitch’s perfidy more strongly than I would have imagined earlier this week. I had already arrived at a place of relative serenity about IMPOTUS: Whatever L’il Donny Moscow says is simply noise, and I no longer hear it. We…

Apologia First let me ask, What the fuck was that?? The first sign of a disturbance in the Force was a ticker on the bottom of CNN’s screen in mid-afternoon. It read: “51% of Ohio voters trust Trump’s handling of the pandemic; 40% prefer Biden’s.” OK, gotta ask: What the…

An anxious moment, to be sure. Hey, before every game, every battle, there’s this — it could go the other way. That’s something to contemplate. As your army approaches the valley of Meggido. This is the only passage. It’s the route that connects Africa, Europe and Asia. We must go…

There’s a week and a day left til this election is over. It will end decisively. The coda we’ve expected and feared isn’t coming, because there will be nothing to discuss or adjudicate. …

Not long ago, you could be elected to Burbank’s city council with 5,000 votes — this in a city of 100,000. That’s a pretty good example of minority rule. The city council meets in an impressive room. The councilors are seated in lofty chairs. The mural behind them is what…