Credit where credit is due.  My father loved the phrase “sundry assortment” with its embedded redundancy. An assorted assortment with its, oh, I don’t know, je ne sais quoi quality to it.  This post feels like...
Read MoreJames Comey served as the seventh director of the FBI from September 4, 2013 to May 9, 2017.  Make what you want of his testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee last week but what is most disturbing is not the testimony,...
Read MoreOh my! What to say? Oh what a tangled, messy dance card. My question for today at the moment: How much of US foreign policy is now driven by Trump business concerns? Monday, five (5) Arab nations cut ties —...
Read MoreHmm. Â Yesterday the Justice Department appointed special counsel, Robert Mueller, to investigate the ties between Russia and the Trump campaign. Â Â And the (initial) response of President Trump was to point at the Obama...
Read MoreI love a good analogy. Â But how do we determine if an analogy is “good”? Â For me an analogy is good if I’m able to draw a clear picture connecting something I know nothing about to something I know something...
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