ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

1.  Thousands of Google employees walked out on Thursday, to protest sexual harassment which the protesters said the leadership has not ta...

The midterms are coming and the Democrats, despite their wishy-washiness and milquetoast demeanor might actually gain a few seats in the Ho...

William Butler Yeats: The Second Coming Turning and turning in the widening gyre    The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Thin...

(This post is really the third in my series: On the Kavanaugh Nomination And Women's Reproductive Rights.  Or Back to the Basics. But ...

My neighbor has a tall cherry tree near the fence separating our lots.  I have never seen it bear berries before, but this fall the tall ca...

I know I'm preaching (in a sonorous voice) to the choir when I point out that we have that US budget deficit problem because Mitch McCo...

It's all hilarious* .  If you don't know what the Proud Boys stand for, do read my earlier blog post and then this one and then t...

I have come to miss the era when Western politicians gave lip service to  human rights concerns .  Trump believes that human rights apply ...

A chant frequently heard at Trump's never-ending campaign-cum-victory rallies.  Initially the "she" to be locked up was Hill...

 The blood in my veins ran ice-cold when I read about the campaign rally our sitting (yes, sitting!) president gave the other night.  He i...

(This post is a rant.  If you come here for careful analysis (my usual metier ), it can be safely skipped.) Mr. Shouty McShoutyface (Bre...

That's my interpretation of FBI's Kavanaugh review.  Trump asked the White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II to let the FBI investi...

1.   Mark Twain is supposed to have apologized for a long letter by saying that he didn't have the time to make it short.  That's s...

The focus on Brett Kavanaugh is understandable in current American politics, because he is a biased * political Republican activist and w...

(The first post in this series  can be found here .  This second post is about the reactions from right-wing religious leaders to the se...

1.  Shouty McShoutyface.  That was my first impression on Brett Kavanaugh's performance in today's Senate Judiciary Committee he...

The contents of this post include sexual violence. *** This is what happened in Alaska in 2017:  A woman was looking for a ride a...

Over the last week I have started several posts on the Kavanaugh hearings and the various political reactions to the allegations that he s...

This flu is unusually severe.  Get your vaccinations this year if you have not in the past.  Or get the flu and  feel like something that...

I know that I'm back in Murka when this is how Our Dear Leader behaves en route to the Flight 93 September 11 Memorial Service in Shan...