World War Five

October 10, 2023 My long-time readers know that I don\’t think the next world war should be called WWIII — but rather, WWV — because there have been at least two world wars since the end of WWII. The Third World War was actually the Cold War — when US and Russia kept saber rattling

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The Democracy Illusion

Begun on October 1, 2023 (My Father\’s 101st birthday had he not passed at 97.) All this talk about MAGA types and conservative hard-liners destroying democracy is becoming quite pathetic. Folks, we\’ve never, ever had a democracy! US has been a feudal system from the get go — and control is maintained by knights (the

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The Court of the Red Czar (Tsar)

Or, Mar-a-lago East August 29, 2023 New publisher, Marc Applebaum (of globalcentralbranding.com) suggested that I hadn\’t  written about Trump in quite some time.  I told him that I didn\’t want to write about Trump ever again!  Upon further reflection, however, I realized that the Orange Man has occupied my consciousness at-some-point every day (usually with

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To Cure or Not to Cure

August 18, 2023 Back in 1977 I tore the medial meniscus in my left knee during an intra-mural soccer match.  The college\’s medical insurance for its athletes (I was a swimmer) was dedicated to Borgess hospital where I brought my wounded knee — when the reduced swelling finally allowed for an examination. Borgess orthopedics shot

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Greed

July 30, 2023 Greed is probably the worst of The Seven Deadly Sins: it is certainly the sin that has impacted the rise and fall of The Divided States of America moreso than the other six. The sins of pride, sloth, envy, greed, gluttony, lust and anger are considered \”deadly\” because once you\’ve committed (or

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The First Abortion

July 14, 2023 I\’m covering plenty of old ground in this incarnation of The Doctor\’s Inn — but Holly Todd\’s recent, illustrated take on the topic of abortion (in my no longer beloved L.A. Times [I cancelled my subscription — a story for another day]) got me exploring a new line of thinking.  Holly poses

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Can Shakespeare be Far Behind?

July 4, 2023 It\’s only a matter of time before some American student and his/her parent(s) are sufficiently offended by the bawdiness of ol\’ Willy — that Shakespeare is subsequently pulled from the English curriculum of that particular school district. I wonder how it hasn\’t happened yet?  Or, if it has already occurred, why I

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Beware the Uni-Mind

June 19, 2023 A definition of The Uni-Mind is: the power to mentally connect with anything in totality: a mental expression of unity and cosmic telepathy and the ultimate stage of enlightenment. This definition immediately conjurs up any zombie movie with the zombies moving in concert — not to forget The Invasion of the Body

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