May 29, 2023 A Trifecta is a situation in which you achieve 3 things.  If we were to gauge the anti-social features of the gentleman named below — we would be achieving 3 things… ****er Carlson (a BA from Trinity College; 1991) Some time back I devoted an entire essay to the titan of visual […]

April 28, 2023 I originally started this piece on October 18, 2022 — not long after the Dodger play-off collapse of 2022 — and like Dave Roberts in the post-season — I didn\’t have what it took to finish it; what with USC\’s disastrous finish and the Lakers weak start.  (I\’m not much of a

April 8, 2023 I almost got this out on April Fool\’s Day — which might have been more fitting — because who would have thunk that The Orange Man would finally see a reckoning (or at least an attempt at a reckoning)?  But here we are — with some partial accountability…some partial karma… The Doctor\’s

March 31, 2023 I recently wrote an essay suggesting that each State militia be circumscribed by a Congressional District, and, for each State militia to keep a registry of all gun ownership in that District as all gun owners will have to be part of a well-organized militia (per the 2nd Amendment). (See: A Well

March 28, 2023 I\’m getting quite tired of the anti-vaxers and pro-vaxers vacuous arguments with neither side understanding the simple Principle of Thirds and how this principle governs how humans are affected by drugs.   Simply put, 1/3 of all people taking a medication (like a vaccine) will see the medication address the problem at

March 24, 2023 Dear Jeff Bezos, I heard a rumor that you wanted to get rid of your considerable fortune by the time you die –since we can\’t take it with us.  How about solving the homeless crisis here in California and then, nationally, with all that disposable income? Your ex is already forging a

March 13, 2023 The American Dream is dead — welcome the American Nightmare — heralded by the death of Social Security and threatening to plunge millions of Americans into poverty. Social security has been, for almost 90 years, a symbol of a society willing to take care of its aged and those who believed in

February 22, 2023 I\’m not sure that any water saving measures: dams, freshwater bays, desalination and just plain conservation will work until we change our culture regarding water.  If every Californian would realize that water is our most precious resource (truly more precious than oil or gold or almonds) then we might have a chance

February 14, 2023/Valentine\’s Day Turkey This quake in Turkey and Syria was catastrophic, and, has spurred a great deal of internal and international  participation in rescue attempts — albeit slowly.  Amidst the tragic loss of life we\’ve had a number of heart-warming stories: one featuring a family that survived together after being trapped for 100

February 2, 2023 …is a well-regulated militia. It\’s the \”well regulated\” piece of the 2nd Amendment that everyone seems to forget about.  If we are to follow the letter of The Constitution — then every gun owner should belong to a well-regulated militia — which doesn\’t seem to be the case with regards to the