Every once in a while I meditate on the word plastic. I always want to pronounce it the way the French do, plastique. This in turn brings up an image of some sort of gooey gel used to blow things up. Plastic—malleable, easily formed—that was the original meaning of the word and somehow it has [...]

The news media is always whining that the Occupy Wall Street movement is not specific about their aims and demands. I have a simple answer for them: GET THE INSURANCE COMPANIES OUT OF MY HEALTH CARE And GET THE NEWS MEDIA OUT OF MY ELECTIONS The first one is relatively easy to understand and would [...]

It’s time to educate yourselves by consulting a conservative. No, you don’t have to listen to Beck, Hannity, the various Foxes or any of those people. You don’t even have to read David Brooks, but he is an old dear who actually says something original upon occasion. Grab that lefty rag, the New York Times [...]

After writing about everything passing away, a few thoughts on what never changes seems appropriate. It’s the old French axiom, “Plus ca change, plus le meme chose.” (Apologies to the French students. I don’t know how to get my computer to add accents.) For the non-French speaking, it means, “The more things change the more [...]

When I was a child I was subtlety taught that nothing is forever. One of the ways I learned was the age-old children’s song, London Bridge. The words even emphasized you that the best ideas of mankind often came to naught. If you build with wood and clay it will wash away. This is a [...]