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Here, There, Every Hare
Here, There, Every Hare The ears rise and the nose turns It’s out there somewhere Paws forward Body still As the last sun tweaks the visage The sky spilling its paints once more To keep us interested until tomorrow Still in the grass The hare at dusk He knows we are there. He believes ifRead moreWollman Rink or Plaza Hotel?
Presuming that at some point President Trump runs out of executive orders to issue – granted, that is an open question – he may get around to trying to fulfill some of his more concrete campaign promises. Pun intended. Atop that list is one thing where Trump and many Democrats and Republicans agree: the needRead moreIn campaign for 2016, bridesmaids revisited
As the plethora of presidential candidates continues to swell, sending debate planners into conniptions and launching heavy breathing over meaningless polls, the lineups of both parties feature what has become a political certainty: one-time presidential nomination hopefuls taking another shot to win it all. Or, as they are sometimes dubbed: bridesmaids. So let’s clear upRead more
Well, what are we going to do with those cyber baddies
U.S. Congressman Mike Rogers chairs the House of Representatives’ panel on intelligence, which this week overwhelmingly approved a new cyber security bill designed to enhance data sharing between the government and private industry to protect computer networks and intellectual property from cyber attacks. Yet the day before it passed, Rogers had a more novel ideaRead more-
The Old Geezer returns, thank goodness
After a few years of absence, sadly, the Old Geezer returns with all his wisdom to help me understand in my traditional end-of-year column: There are automatic lights where my office is now. You walk in the room, the lights come on. Then, if there is no movement for a period of time, they go out.Read more -
As we thought. Not.
We are now deep into year two of the Arab world convulsions. Not one country across the North African-Middle East arc is settled. Even where it sounds quiet it is not. Two years from the first cry of freedom, very few things are how the outside world predicted. As Egyptians vote for their president inRead more -
Bad moon rising again, this time over Syria
There were many dangers faced by reporters during the four-year Bosnia war. Gunfire. Freezing. Food poisoning. Checkpoints manned by drugged out crazies. Yet one fear stood out, and it was usually away from the fighting. That was going to Zenica, a city in the central part of the area controlled by the Bosnian government. TheRead more -
Ben’s Words of Advice
The American Revolution and the broad romantic view of U.S. democracy have often provided inspiration and guidance to those seeking democracy in their own nations – and for good reason. The amazing set of circumstances that made the American Revolution spark and then succeed, the lofty words of human rights that fueled the new governmentRead more -
Dancing With Wolves
You hear many words of wisdom traveling through the Mideast, all which offer insightful pondering to events past and present. Watching the tragic escalation of events in Syria and the failing efforts to bring the fighting to a close bring to mind words often spoken by the Kurds of the region, who are well-versed inRead more
