What’s Cooking in the September Issue? Welcome to our September issue! It’s the silly season in both politics and sports and SA is here to provide some color commentary on both. First, a view from our political perch where we spy the duopoly’s two candidates hot footing up Pennsylvania Avenue. rhetorical basket of goodies in […]
Month: September 2016
Will the First Woman Presidential Candidate Please Stand Up
Celebrating a Non-Event As Hillary does her victory lap around the Clinton-friendly major media touting her “historic achievement on behalf of all of us women” (or sentiments to that effect), we, who like to think of ourselves as gatekeepers of reason and sanity, call for a time-out. In the piece below we look at the […]
Will the Real Lesser Evil Please Stand Up
I tend to agree with a chance to vote for something, instead of always being faced with that old familiar choice between the lesser of two evils…I understand…that the big thing this year [1972] is beating Nixon. But that was also the big thing twelve years ago in 1960 — and as far as I […]
What’s A Short Take
Short Takes From time to time SA will become self-indulgent and trot out our favorite posturings and perfidies spoken by our leaders in tones that ring hollow even to the committed —calculated to soothe the savage beast (us) with promises of rainbows and lollipops in the future that never comes. One of the more recent […]
Short Take 1: While the World Watches. the Children of Flint Michigan Are Being Poisoned
Short Take 1 While the World Watches, the Children of Flint Michigan Are Being Poisoned. On September 30, 2015, two years after the fact, Michigan Governor Rick Snyder took note of the poisoned water being supplied to Flint residents in a brief unapologetic announcement, “we found there are probably things that weren’t as fully understood […]
Short Take 2: In Memoriam-Captain Humayun Khan
Short Take 2 In Memoriam—Captain Humayun Khan “Let me ask you [Donald Trump]–Have you ever read the US constitution? …In this document look for the words ‘liberty’ and ‘protection of law’ … Look at the graves of those who died defending America… We are stronger together. And we will keep getting stronger when Hillary Clinton […]
Short Take 3: The Olympic Spirit on a Luxury Liner
Short Take 3 The Olympic Spirit on a Luxury Liner The mission of Olympic Spirit is “to build a peaceful and better world in the Olympic Spirit which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play – Olympic Spirit strives to inspire and motivate the youth of the world to be […]
