I was grateful to my neighbor for helping me with a technical problem.  He’s the resident guru on computers at the retirement center and far too modest about himself. Aware that I might need his advice in the future, I asked if he’d care to adopt me despite my advanced age.  A s

During the winter holidays, Britain’s Prime Mister, Rishi Sunak took a photo-op when he decided to serve breakfast at a homeless shelter. Sunak, reported to be worth  $800 million, made a stab at being chummy as he handed a plate of eggs and sausages to a stranger standing on the o

A strategist for the democratic party, Lisa Smith, sums up her political view of the world. It’s radical that being reasonable is radical and being normal is abnormal. ( ”Radical Reason” by Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, October 2022, pg.43.)  Profound as well as surprising, the comme

   James Carville is 77, a political strategist, and a popular guest on news shows.  Like all of us, he’s enjoyed successes and defeats.  His most spectacular achievement occurred in 1991 when he was the lead strategist during Bill Clinton’s successful bid for the White Ho

The Harry Potter gang has had a falling out over the definition of woman. Daniel Radcliffe one of the stars of the famous Hogwarts series says a transgender woman is a woman.  His creator, so to speak, J. K Rowling thinks otherwise. “If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attra

I sat down to brunch with friends, recently, a long overdue pleasure. As they were friends, they asked how my memoir was progressing. “Oh,” I  replied, the genre isn’t called a memoir anymore.  It’s referred to as “literary nonfiction.” “What’s the difference?” The

 No doubt about it, a star is born.  Recently, during a Congressional hearing, Representative Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez “played a game,” with leaders of agencies that serve as government watchdogs.  Common Cause was among them.  The topic was about elected officials and the numb

I’ve been a card-carrying member of the Labor Movement of a long, long time.  The organization, however, can be doctrinaire and retrograde in its thinking.  Unlike my brothers and sister, for example, I supported the NAFTA treaty.   Yes, I acknowledged there’d be a disruption

Yasmin Nair, in “Rights Make Might,” gives us a damning picture of Hillary Clinton, the woman who  almost became the 45th U. S. president. (Baffler, Winter 16, No. 33, pgs. 37- 48.) One complaint the author levels is Hillary’s support for her husband’s welfare reforms during

I know.  This is election day and we’ve got enough to worry about. But, I can’t help myself.  You need to know we have a seaweed problem.  We’re losing this natural habitat to harvesters who can’t keep up with international demand.   You and I may see seaweed as gunk we h