Cross and double cross

Impressive things I saw on my trip to Russia in the summer of 2017. The Kremlin. The Hermitage Young couples … More

Graveyard of ‘heroes’

(Wrote this in the summer of 2017 for the Gainesville Sun. Still relevant today.) Stalin’s got a busted nose.  Shattered … More

Out out damned blot!

Like Jimmy Stewart’s father in “Mr. Smith Goes To Washington” I always fancied myself a fighter of lost causes. Which … More

Voting on the abyss

I was going to tell you that I am seventy years old and this is the most important election in … More

On the smell of money

And then there was the time Gov. Claude Kirk went to Perry for a little flesh-pressing and back-slapping.  Perry being … More

We. Are. This. Close

Woke up wild-eyed this morning.  Glanced at my Rage-O-Meter. Tweeted my hellbent mob to stand by. Check, check and check.  … More