August 5, 2027. Trump Tower Penthouse. Present: Eric, Barron, Ivanka and Tiffany. Via Skype: Don Jr. Eric “Well, here we are. Free at last. President O’Rourke called me this morning to ask which of us was going to give the eulogy. He said he was unable to find anybody in DC or The … Continue reading
Category Archives: Politics
Letter To A Friend
Dear Marvin, I am sorry that you have decided NOT to maintain our political cyber-intercourse. Perhaps this letter will find its way into your hands and we can continue to discuss our various opinions regarding Mr. Trump and the “state of the union”. First of all let me suggest a great movie, The Garden … Continue reading
You Gotta Love Them Russians
My older brother studied mathematics at Stanford and then went on to read Philosophy at Harvard. He can explain quantum mechanics, Keynesian economics, Heidegger and Beethoven’s last quartets. I have always considered him THE most intelligent person I know and I love him dearly. However, back in 2,000 he voted for Ralph Nader. Later on … Continue reading
Brett or Bart?
It has been many, many years since I looked at my prep school yearbook. Notwithstanding my age and onset dementia, I do remember however, that there is not a single word next to my mug shot that I am ashamed of or embarrassed by. The revealing, embarrassing, vulgar stupidity of Mr. Kavanaugh’s yearbook entry does … Continue reading
The Rise and Fall of Amerika
The Rise and Fall of Amerika Or a Brief Chronology of the Origins of World War III by Arthur Bacon Friday, 20 January 2017: just after noon, after having taken the Oath of Office and walked part of the way down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House, Donald Trump goes directly to the Oval … Continue reading
The Debates!
Lets face it; we all love hating Donald Trump. There used to be crucifixions, Christians and lions and gladiators, and then bear baiting, and then actual staged gunfights. There’s the Super-bowl and March Madness, the US Open and Mayweather-Pacquiao … but that stuff is tiddly winks compared to the pornographic thrills awaiting us this fall. … Continue reading
Trayvon Martin: Letter to the Editor of The New York Times
Every one of us with a three digit IQ knows who killed Trayvon Martin; the NRA. The NRA is the hand-maiden for the gun industry and lobbied strenuously for “stand your ground.” No matter how many American children die of handguns every year (about 3,000) Colt, Winchester, Remington, and Ruger want to sell more guns … Continue reading
“Respect Few, Fear None.”
Personally, I love government. I love my Social Security checks, Medicare, my Golden Age Pass; and I love the government agencies which make sure my food and medicines are safe, our air and water pure; and when disaster strikes, FEMA and others come with aid and succor. It ain’t perfect, but it is sure as … Continue reading
FEMA and KATRINA
I cannot understand all the fuss about the government’s tepid response to Hurricane Katrina. To be perfectly honest, all this carping is getting to be rather tiresome. A ferocious hurricane hits the gulf coast and wrecks a major American city and countless small towns from Florida to Louisiana. Some people are killed and tens of … Continue reading
I HAD NO IDEA
We had a few graduate students over for dinner the other night and one of them said that “Catherine the Great was fucked to death by a horse.” We all laughed with bacchanalian good humor but she insisted that it was really true. Giving slight credence to this wacky college dorm legend was the recent … Continue reading
