March 2017 – The Octogenarians

The Tangled Web Resists Untangling: A New Office Of Simplistic Solutions Is Added.

The possibility of documentation of criminal activity is not receding from the Trump administration.Now guaranteeing the implosion of Obamacare seems a top priority as is punishing those who made a"deal"…

“Who knew it was so complicated?”

16 Mar 201717 Mar 2017

Repeal and replace! CBO says a 10 year 300 billion dollar saving is accompanied by 11 million person loss of health protection to be followed by 13 million more in…

Once Upon A Time The Chalice From The Palace Held The Brew That Is True.

Flynn registers as a foreign agent( working for Turkey for $530,000(per year?)and since when?Wikileaks releases key CIA tracking codes and tools,Comey gives confidential reports to congressional investigative committees which likely…

Rumbling Stumbling Wrong Way Corrigan

International Women's Day has passed without significant absences;nevertheless there is a sense of increasingly powerful female presence in the air.It may be confidence perfume.It is time for all of us…

They Drive By Night

With apologies to the old union vs management movie about teamsters,this is about those who are doing their best work under cover of darkness.Yes folks.It's the GOP again talking good…

Chaos in the White House ?

4 Mar 20175 Mar 2017

RMV writes: Chaos in the White House? The news seems to read that way,but don't be fooled.Multiple agendas ? Key players at cross purposes? Absolutely,but nothing is happening by chance.Rather,each…

The Challenge…

Domestic & World Policy: A Grand But Furtive Design

4 Mar 20174 Mar 2017

RMV writes: Any hope that Republican tilting of the domestic game board and trashing of decades of foreign policy direction might be slowed by loyalty of members of the federal…

Voltaire Revisited: “Words Obscure whatever they do not make clear.”

1 Mar 20171 Mar 2017

As we say farewell to Black History month. We note in passing Historical Black Colleges and Universities,The first Black congressman in reconstruction times,the National Museum of African American History, Rachel…