TWO SIDES OF A VERY FINE LINE
The line between inanity and insanity has become so fine that deciding who, and what issues, fall on which side, comes down to a toss-up between disastrous and laughable.… Read the rest
TWO AT ONCE VERSUS ONE OR THE OTHER
A clue as to why the problems that beset the world seem intractable lies in the sad fact that the only vote against a UN resolution for a small but positive contribution to resolving them, was cast by the U.S. delegate.… Read the rest
THE ABSURD HAS BECOME THE OBSCENE
Much as I hate to admit it, punditry (dread word) is on a par with variations of the old adage that today’s newspaper is tomorrow’s birdcage liner. Barely ten months ago, I posted an offering entitled “When Absurdity Passes for Wisdom”.… Read the rest
THERE’S JUST NO PLEASING SOME PEOPLE
Canada curtailed the wildfires enough that President Donald Trump didn’t impose tariffs over the smoke. Now he’s slapped on 50 percent ones because Canadians are apparently ingrates.… Read the rest
ALL WE CAN SAY IS SORRY, EH?
Dear President Trump; Your rants and threats to impose 50 percent tariffs over smoke from our wildfires blowing into the U.S. have, as we Canadians say, seriously cheesed us off. So I feel compelled to live up to our stereotype and say Sorry, eh?… Read the rest
THE DEAL IS AS ARTLESS AS THE DEALER
The end of the shooting in Iran should have cleared the confusion and skewed judgement of the “fog of war”. Instead, it’s been replaced by the fog of the catchall label “deal”.… Read the rest
COSTS AND LESSONS: IRAN VS ARTEMIS
The look at the dark side of the moon from Artemis II will not briefly unite humanity the way “one small step for a man” did. But it will offer a measure of the forces that have riven us from that brief awareness of what humans can accomplish.… Read the rest
LIES MAY CLEAR THE FOG OF WAR IN IRAN
The idiom “fog of war” to describe the uncertainty and confusion generated by the chaos of battle was spawned by 19th century cannon and cavalry clashes. Vengefulness and historical ignorance are turning the fog of the high tech Iran war opaque.… Read the rest
A KING, A GENIUS AND THE IRAN WAR
In 1970, a Moody Blues song asked why we never get an answer “…/to a thousand millions questions/about hate and death and war.” In the case of the war in Iran, it’s because no one seems willing or able to articulate one.… Read the rest
WHEN THE REAL NEWS ISN’T WHAT’S NEWS
It has become a sad truth that headlines, shouts of “Breaking News” and screen crawls deliver just enough news to make it appear to all but the most curious that a story has been told, thereby leaving the bitter vetch they herald untasted.… Read the rest