If you know your Revolutionary War history, you will recognize the phrase turned by the pamphleteer and firebrand Thomas Paine in The American Crisis in which he urged the beleaguered American revolutionaries — the Continental Army now on the far side of the Delaware River driven before the victorious British — to hold steady and to justify the cause of freedom.
Last night the Republican circus was in town (well on the telly) and treated us all to a third grade, jungle gym display of tripe.
“Clearly, I have better hair than Senator Scott, right?”
I watched every minute of it whilst surfing my phone. It was a total waste of time and a mind-numbing, sophomoric display of nonsense though I think I could smell the elephant scat which was a nice touch. Continue reading
Joe Biden is the oldest President in the history of the United States. Clearly, he is declining by any measure of cognitive alertness — is there such a thing? Can it be tested? Should Joe Biden be tested?
He is showing his age because the old boy is — well — old. Continue reading
Rest in peace, Jimmy Buffett.
Saturday morning joyously ready to head to the beach with wife, daughter, son-in-loll, and three granddaughters, I check the news and Jimmy Buffett died.
Well Hell! Way to wreck a Saturday beach day.
The actual title of this blog post was “The Secretary of the Army is a Moron” but I modified it to be less contentious. Know that in my heart, I believe she’s a moron.
I am opposed to creating a “warrior caste” in the United States. Isn’t that woke of me?
Russia invaded a peaceful Ukraine in February 2022 — seventeen months ago — and thereafter the West imposed broad economic sanctions on Russia. Putin, knowing he was going to invade Ukraine, prepared for the anticipated economic sanctions by stockpiling liquidity, but was caught off guard by the universality and depth of the West’s sanctions.
[It is now clear Putin made the decision to invade Ukraine more than a year before the actual date of the invasion based on actions he took in preparation for the invasion.]
If you are pondering your future — who isn’t? — allow me to introduce the Three Horsemen: discipline, risk, regret.
You will harness and ride some or all of them in your life and they are both your loyal friend and vicious enemy depending upon how you create the relationship.
There is no success in life without harnessing discipline. If you tell me you are out of bed by 5:30 AM and regularly plan your own future, I would buy stock in you without the necessity for us to even meet. Continue reading
The Professional Golfers Association of America, the 1916 creation of one blue blooded Rodman Wanamaker of Philadelphia to professionalize golf — actually it is the PGA Tour, not the Professional Golfers Association of America — has been locked in a controversy with its nascent rival, the LIV Tour since its inception two years ago.
In fact, they were engaged in anti-trust litigation instigated by several golfers (talking to you, Slim Shady Mickelson) with the litigation joined by LIV.
It was a nasty spat. Continue reading
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