Category Archives: Politics
Drawl come back now
Having written a fair number of executive briefing books in my career, it’s hard for me to resist drafting briefing notes for presidential hopeful Mitt Romney as he faces important primaries in the South in a few days. I trust … Continue reading
Filed under All Things Wordish, News, Politics
Inspiration
In a concert Mary Chapin Carpenter once introduced her song, “The Last Word,” as many songwriters do, by telling the audience what inspired her to write it. She observed that often writers are inspired by the beauty of nature or … Continue reading
Filed under Family and Friends, Music, News, Politics, Rants and Raves, Technology and Social Media
SOPA opera digest
I’d like it to be noted that I endured 24 hours without Wikipedia. But I didn’t. I got in. Meanwhile, Internet stakeholders-turned-doomsayers appear to have scuttled the online piracy debate captained by the film and television industries. And judging by the millions … Continue reading
Texas treat
What I would have given to have been able to take notes as I watched the play Ann: An Affectionate Portrait of Ann Richards, at the Kennedy Center this week. In fact, I had tucked a notepad and pen into my … Continue reading
Sole food
Does this chilly January morning find Jack Frost nibbling your nose? While watching news coverage of the New Hampshire primary over breakfast yesterday, I gagged on a banner caption that read: Paul nibbling Romney’s heels Once I got the unseemly … Continue reading
Filed under All Things Wordish, Movies, Television and Radio, News, Politics
Civics meets syntax
Even before the 2012 election process begins in earnest in a few days, I already have indigestion. It used to be that this Beltway baby salivated at the onset of an election year, and all the intellectual and ideological meat it served … Continue reading
Filed under All Things Wordish, News, Politics
No skivvies, no service
From the flaky folks who banned the Happy Meal – a new piece of legislation that makes so much sense it’s ridiculous. The San Francisco Board of Supervisors will consider legislation requiring naked people to place something under their bottoms … Continue reading
Super coincidence
Darn you, Stephen Colbert. On Tuesday I had jotted a blog idea on the back of an envelope and had only to fill it out. This, you recall, was the day the nation’s policymakers approved the creation of a Super … Continue reading
