Hanta Virus: Plague Again?

In 1949, the songstress, Doris Day, recorded the tune, Again. The lyrics read “this is a once in a lifetime”. Well, guess what? “Plague” (Biblical), otherwise known as “pandemic” (secular), might not be “once in a lifetime”. During the 20th-century, whereas a...

Guns & Butter

(NOTE: 20APR2026): Fool Foolish me! Immediately after the posting of the article below, President Trump announced with great fanfare complete and total, Iranian agreement to the American deal. This commentator felt gratified that we Americans had won and humbled by...

Lawyerism: One Factor Killing The Country

Note (08DEC2025): A little-noticed item of news, as reported recently in The Wall Street Journal, described how Artificial Intelligence (AI) finally could put an end to the larcenous practice of hourly billing by the merchants of misery, lawyers. Billable hours? One...

Trump: Uncertainty

“Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” -H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) As that which some might call a big-time grifter, Mr. Trump seems to have been a keen believer in Mr. Mencken’s opinion. Over the years, Mr. Trump’s commercial...

China: On the Brink?

Note (04AUG2025): A Chinese Sandwich Chairman Xi finds himself like a piece of salami between two pieces of incompatible bread. One piece is his alliance with Russia, a former adversary of China. The other, his antagonism with these United States, a current adversary...

The Ultimate Gamble: Existence

NOTE (14JUL2025): Israel & Iran: Henry Kissinger (1923-2023) said, “The guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win”. So it is between Israel and Iran or, more precisely, Israel and Iranian proxies. Whereas Israel...