The Fool

In all old English drama, the fool was a stock character. Often, he could see what other actors could not; he kept himself apart from the main plot. He was neither good guy nor bad guy...an observer, not a player. He never got the girl, in other words, but he didn't get killed either. The Fool just keeps his eyes open and tries to entertain.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Obama's Experience

You couldn't get a job as a reporter and become the nightly news anchor after 143 days of experience. You couldn't get a job at McDo...

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Ethanol

Expect to see a succession of false and just plain dumb notions to come out of the media until global warming as a media topic cools off a l...

Sunday, February 05, 2006

Bush's Dilemma

You have to pity President Bush. Your heart goes out to him in his suffering. Even he must see the inconsistencies between what he says an...

Saturday, January 21, 2006

Come Gaze Into My Crystal Ball

By 2500, Indonesia was the last "nation state" on the planet. Corporatism was the dominant political and economic system throughou...

Sunday, June 26, 2005

The Magpie and the Hawk -- A Parable for Our Times?

Observed one afternoon from my kitchen window. A hawk swooped into the yard, apparently after another bird, looking for dinner. He missed, a...

Friday, June 24, 2005

The End of Freedom in America

The Supreme Court has rewritten the Constitution for us. By a close vote (5 - 4) the Supremes decided that a govenmental unit can take your ...

Sunday, March 06, 2005

On Revolution, High Expectations, and Reality

The politicos and the pundits are crowing about a "revolution" in the Middle East, and about how the invasion of Iraq is bringing ...

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