Looking for the American Dream It must be around here somewhere. Doesn’t it strike you as bizarre that America’s leaders always seem to be looking for something that doesn’t exist, that they know doesn’t exist, but they keep looking for anyway, especially when election time rolls around. Notable examples proliferate but one stands out. Its […]
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The Two Bags of Robert Mueller: Does the Hero Have Clay Feet?
According to Aesop, every man is born with two bags around his neck: a small bag full of someone else’s faults and a large bag filled with his own. Robert Mueller has emerged as America’s newest super hero. Although he has not yet been nominated for canonization (you have to be […]
Killers R Us
“The Gray Lady” has her pantyhose in a knot. The “lady” in question? The New York Times, “regarded by many in the world…as the world’s greatest newspaper…generally hail[ed] as …gray by way of acknowledging its traditional special marks: starch conservatism and circumspection.” This encomium appeared in Life magazine in 1951, celebrating the Times’ 100th birthday. The […]
