We spend our younger days climbing up the hill. High school graduation, college or employment, buy a house, tie the knot, kids and dogs. Trade in the sports car for a minivan. Eventually the kids leave home and you’re at the top of the hill—looking over into the valley. After the empty nest grief passes—it’s […]

When he ran for president, Donald Trump refused to make his tax returns public, saying they were under IRS audit.  His message was that he would make them public as soon as they were final. A taxpayer can make his returns public even when under audit.  One reason for temporary secrecy may be that the […]

It happened in the checkout lane down at the Soup ‘R’ Market last week. We discussed it thoroughly, of course, and no one knows yet what to make of it. As sometimes happens, when we are glancing at the tabloids to see who fathered Bigfoot’s new baby, we get into discussions of trivia. Annette was […]

Jeff Huot was the loyal, patient, true friend everyone wishes he or she had. He and I had a lot in common back in 1982, when we took a two-week, 4000-mile camping/driving vacation together. He was tall and slender; I was tall and slender. He graduated from the University of Connecticut, where he ran a residence hall; I graduated […]

India, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Yemen, Nigeria, and the United States. What did these 10 countries share in common in 2018? Sexual violence, sexual slavery, forced marriage, human trafficking, and non-sexual violence among other risks (healthcare, access to economic resources, customary practices). That’s according to the 2018 survey from […]

All the hoopla about the new royal baby is unseemly and ridiculous. At least on this side of the Atlantic. You can understand why the British might care. Every five minutes they spend hearing about the royal baby is five minutes they don’t have to hear about Brexit. They will also have to watch this […]

The Robert Mueller Report has been released in full outside legally required redaction that would compromise sources and methods.  It’s over.  The Deep State and their media outlets temper tantrum against Attorney General Bill Barr because he feels the need to investigate the beginning of the Trump-Russia Collusion Hoax, now documented, will continue for a […]

At a contentious hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Attorney General William Barr dropped a big hint about his investigation into the conduct of the Trump-Russia investigation. “Many people seem to assume that the only intelligence collection that occurred was a single confidential informant and a FISA warrant,” Barr said. “I would like to find […]