Category Archives: Social Commentary

“GET OUT!”

It’s Not That We’re Leaving Afghanistan.
It’s Why We Ever Went in the First Place. 

Why is anyone surprised at the rapid collapse of the Government and military in Afghanistan? The country is a cultural and political quagmire that has ensnared “conquering nations” for more than 500 years....

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Farewell and Adieu to You Donald J. Zeitgeist!

Why Citizen Trump Will Probably Never Run Again!

Love him or hate him, you have to credit Donald Trump with two things: first, a genius for knowing how and when to enhance his “brand;” second, an uncanny ability to cultivate an almost slavish codependency among those still caught in his orbit. He is also the living...
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The Hypocrisy of Outrage

Harvey Weinstein. Me Too. And the Complicity of Ambition.

I’ve been observing all the fallout from the Hollywood “sexual predator” scandals, the offshoots of “Hurricane Harvey,” and finally just had to drop in my two cents worth. And I for one think we should all thank Harvey Weinstein for breaking out like a bull-rhino and finally smashing...
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