The coronavirus is not only spreading fear, illness and death throughout the land but it also is fostering some wild musings.   Ta...

I admired John McCain, the maverick Republican U.S. senator, former prisoner of war who endured more than five years of capti...

There’s a quiz going around the Internet which asks 10 questions to determine how conservative or liberal you are. Guess what? I’m a “true...

If you’ve ever wondered if I have a warped mind, here’s proof in the form of strange post-election scenarios that drifted through my mind ...

The bride of Frankenstein is back on the hustings to haunt us. Not content to have been chosen as her party’s 2008 nominee to be a hea...

In the bizarro world of Republican politics, a candidate who almost destroyed an iconic American company and was forced out (albeit with a...

A favorite movie of mine is The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Regretably, I haven’t seen it in years, though I have a vid...

When my generation was young and more radical, a common retort by the powers-that-be (or should that be, “powers-that-were”?) was, “If yo...

Gilda and I watched a very good but very disturbing movie over the weekend. It made us angry and distressed. “Game Change” is a HBO film bas...

Gilda and I watched a very good but very disturbing movie over the weekend. It made us angry and distressed. “Game Change” is a HBO film bas...

With Chris Christie and Sarah Palin holding onto their hats, the three-ring circus featuring more than half a dozen clowns, commonly called ...

Chris Christie is no Sarah Palin. Unlike the former Alaskan governor who left office midway through her first term to seek more fame and def...

Do you get a mulligan—a golf term for a do-over for a bad shot—for ill-advised comments if you’ve served in the military? That’s what Tony B...

Michele Bachmann’s politics might not be my cup of tea, but at least she seems to have the credentials of someone who has served the public ...

I'm no fan of Sarah Palin but I agree with critics who say the media have gone overboard pursuing a story they hope to find in the 24,00...

Sarah Palin is the Osama bin Laden of U.S. politics. She’d blow up much of the government we know if given a chance, all in a quest to resto...

Literally and figuratively, Gilda and I went to bed in the dark Sunday night. Tired from a full day of gardening, Gilda drifted off to sleep...

It wouldn’t surprise me to learn many people consider one of the more vexing problems they deal with is the inconsistencies of every day lif...

Driving to Brooklyn and back to White Plains Sunday night I passed four Target stores within New York City: one off the Van Wyck Expressway ...

Sitting Observation: A few years ago Charmin brand toilet tissue came out with a jumbo roll, so big it didn’t fit in standard-issue bathroo...