Category Archives: Current Affairs

Did a West Point General Troll Trump Before His Weird Commencement Address?? (My Answer: Yes!)

There were many snarky media cracks made about president Trump’s very weird West Point commencement address on May 24th. It was definitely up there on the crowded DJT Weirdness scale: a long shaggy dog story about an unhappy real estate developer and his unhappy trophy wife, a plop of freshly made up steaming malarkey about … Continue reading Did a West Point General Troll Trump Before His Weird Commencement Address?? (My Answer: Yes!) →

EXCLUSIVE: A Leaked View of the “Afterlife” of the U. S. Institute of Peace

March 22, 2025 From confidential Washington sources, the following excerpt is drawn from an account of the aftermath of the March 17 seizure and closing of the U. S. Institute of Peace, by armed agents of the DOGE administration. The account has been condensed and edited for clarity. Brief Encounter at 2301 Mid-March, 2025, on … Continue reading EXCLUSIVE: A Leaked View of the “Afterlife” of the U. S. Institute of Peace →

“Bloody Sunday” in Selma plus 60: Victory Undone, Battle Renewed

Below is a black & white news photo from late February, 1965. It turned up a few years back (hat tip to the sharp-eyed Lewis Lewis): it was taken on the steps of Brown Chapel AME Church in Selma, Alabama when John Lewis (center-left, with a tie) announced the plan to march from Selma … Continue reading “Bloody Sunday” in Selma plus 60: Victory Undone, Battle Renewed →

Washington Post: More In Sorrow, But With PLENTY of Anger

– NOTE: “Corruptio optimi pessima” = Corruption of the best is the worst of all. I can’t remember when I started reading the Washington Post. I was following it through the Watergate years, but was a mostly broke rookie trying to find my footing as a writer to afford a subscription. By … Continue reading Washington Post: More In Sorrow, But With PLENTY of Anger →

Shot Down & Sunk: Pete Hegseth’s “American Crusade” Bags its First High-Ranking Victims: A General, an Admiral, — and Black History Month

If Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should fall off the wagon and be dragged off the public stage to rehab, his Pentagon tenure, however brief or long, will surely be remembered for one thing; or maybe two. The second would be turning into the answer to a question of the sort that haunts a generation, … Continue reading Shot Down & Sunk: Pete Hegseth’s “American Crusade” Bags its First High-Ranking Victims: A General, an Admiral, — and Black History Month →