Trump, Toddler in Chief
Looks like liddle’ Donnie got an early Christmas present- a gen-u-ine Playskool “I’m Still President Pretend Desk Playset” complete with an authentic-looking presidential seal. Provides hours of...
View ArticleA Return to New York City
I recently wandered the streets of Manhattan. Though a seemingly unremarkable activity for someone who has done just that for over 50 years, in the time of the coronavirus it took on new significance....
View ArticleVintage Springmaid Textiles Ads – A Real Eyeful
In the puritanical Post-War years before there was Playboy Magazine, red-blooded ex-GI’s could still get an eyeful of racy pin-up girls just by glancing through their favorite magazine. No, I’m not...
View ArticleYes, Mr Epstein,There is a Doctor in the House
I can say with an absolute degree of certainty there will soon be a doctor in the House. The White House. And Dr. Jill Biden will bring brilliance and critical thinking back to “The People’s House.” A...
View ArticleIn My Jewish Home I Grew Up Celebrating Christmas
Sometimes it can feel like Hanukkah doesn’t hold a candle to Christmas. Eight skinny, little Hanukkah candles can’t even begin to compete with vibrating LED Christmas lights pulsating in sequence to...
View ArticleA Comic Course on the Electoral College
The much-maligned Electoral College has finally scored some points. Boola Boola! Despite #BidenWillNeverBePresident trending on Twitter yesterday, all 538 electors voted decisively confirming Joe...
View ArticlePack It Up Trump, Time to Get Moving
It’s now time to think about moving Donald. I know I have. No, not only visualizing the sizeable moving vans pulling up to the big white house at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, but another large moving van...
View Article“Ma Nishtana” – Why Is This Christmas Different Than Every Other?
In anything but a normal year, how could we ever expect a normal Christmas? Christmas will feel different. The one constant we can count on will be Santa Claus who thanks to Dr. Faucci received his...
View ArticleRemembering Carrie Fisher- May Her Force Be With Us
Remembering Carrie Fisher today. Four years ago in what now feels like a lifetime, we tragically lost this force to be reckoned with. Oh what brilliant and biting bon mots might she have uttered...
View ArticleSomething to Really Gripe About
Oh, the injustice of it all! Stolen elections are one thing. But an underappreciated First Lady and former fashion model rudely snubbed! How much hardship can one man bear? As usual, Trump’s remarks...
View ArticleIn A Crazy Year of Pandemics and Pandemonium My Dog Gave Me Hope
In a year filled with unprecedented tumult and loss, it also became a year of unexpected gratitude and hope. Against the tragic backdrop of a pandemic and political and personal calamity 2020 will be...
View ArticleAt Long Last, A Happy New Year
For the first time in four years, I feel not only a glimmer of hope for the coming new year but the beginning of healing. Hallelujah! In 2021 the adults are coming to help us heal. To restore,...
View ArticleRIP Mary Ann from Gilligan’s Island
In a last cruel act of 2020, COVID-19 has struck Gilligan’s Island. Is nowhere on earth safe from this awful virus? After being shipwrecked on this uncharted island since 1964, Mary Ann Summers, the...
View ArticleThank You Stacey Abrams
This glorious Goddess deserves our undying gratitude!!! What she did is short of miraculous- she galvanized and restored faith and power to those who have been historically suppressed and kept without...
View ArticleDonald Trump’s Recipe For Disaster
America just had a heaping helping of Trump’s famous recipe for Chaos a la Donald, cooked to perfection. The acute indigestion that has followed is indescribable. Trumpism has been simmering on the...
View ArticleWitness to the Best of Us and the Worst of Us
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? It’s not only The Shadow who knows. Along with that famous 1930’s radio character, Donald Trump knows the darkness that resides in the hearts of many...
View ArticleThe Best Impeachment
Finally, Donald Trump has true bragging rights. “No one has more Impeachments than I do !” This extremely stable genius has done what no other American president has ever done. Been impeached twice....
View ArticleNo Welcome Wagon at the White House
There’s no sign of a welcome wagon at the Trump White House Too busy ripping up the rose garden and bemoaning the taxing demands of Christmas decorating have apparently left Melania Trump with...
View Article“Remembering Inauguration Day 2017- When Pussy Hats and MAGA Hats Collided.”
The tale of two cities was the tale of two hats While thousands of armed troops descend on our capital in preparation for Joe Biden’s inauguration, exactly 4 years to the day another army sporting pink...
View ArticleGoosebumps, Tears and History
The last time Inauguration Day was a day where tears never stopped flowing, goosebumps never let up and a lump rarely left my throat, was 12 years ago when history was made as Barack Obama was sworn...
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