ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Heim Yankel in the comments directed me to a Lawyers, Gun and Money post which, in turn, directed me to the following YouTube response to J...

1.  It has long been a custom for newspapers to publish those articles they have to publish but which go against that particular newspaper...

1.  I eagerly look forward to all the stories in the New York Times and the Washington Post about people who voted for the Democrats in ...

1.  In Ireland the defense in rape cases can still use various forms of "what was she wearing" to defend the accused.  Here is...

The murders of two women, Nancy van Vessem and Maura Binkley,  and the wounding of five other individuals at a yoga studio in Tallahassee, ...

I watched Trump's recent press conference in its entirety, because I was bored and felt a little masochistic.  Then I took notes, to fi...

You write fourteen years and what do you get? A whole lot older and deeper in debt. St. Peter don't you call me coz I can't g...

All I wanted for Christmas was the House.  That's all.  And I believe that parcel is under the tree. I didn't write about the el...

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...