On Thursday, at the first light of dawn, I went into surgery to have a hand operation. I’m writing now with only two fingers, so if it seems that my nonsense is shorter than usual, don’t think it’s because I’m…
Since United States Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has been in the news of late, I thought it would be interesting to share my firsthand experience as a congressional aide in his office. The American public has not yet had a…
I write these words with a gas heater stuck to my leg, not complying with any of the recommendations on the manufacturer’s safety sticker, which tells me to place the heating device in New York and sit down to bask…
“I come as the possessor of the book of Destiny to banish political and moral darkness and to erect the theory of universal harmony upon the ruins of the uncertain science,” Charles Fourier proclaimed two centuries ago to a deaf…
Brandon Year Two (aka COVID Year 3) lived up to every cynic’s expectation. 2022 was a pointless prima donna of a year. An event in late May summed it up perfectly. At the Louvre Museum in Paris, a transgender “woman,”…
The year is 2094. It’s a sunny morning in New York. Votes are still being counted for the 2022 midterm elections. On Twitter, President Joe Biden threatens to run again, in a wheelchair, for the White House. It’s been years…
The latest trend is tiresome and corny. Ever since I was a child, I have observed with amazement those who are always trying to be faster than everyone else, who need to wear the most fashionable garment of the moment,…
As a skipper, I hate being told what to do while on board. The girls screamed that if I accelerated too hard the towels would fall overboard. The boys howled. I accelerated in order to narrowly miss an oil tanker….
