As I pulled into the parking space, I noticed a traffic sign on the curb was decorated with graffiti. Someone had taken a black marking pen and scrawled “God Bleess Amreca” across the bottom of the white rectangle. I shut the engine and stared at the sign. God Bleess Amreca. Poor spellers of the world, […]

Television stations from the New York side of Lake Champlain carry New York State Lottery commercials. Actors sing and dance and flash the big numbers in this week’s jackpot. One commercial even features a man talking about how much fun it was to play and lose. New York State has Off-Track Betting and several casinos. […]

Having been a low-grade pundit for a few election cycles, I’ve learned not to make pre-election predictions. Good thing, too, because I would not have predicted these outcomes. I haven’t learned to avoid post-election predictions, so I may yet come to grief. Some things we know for sure. The first is that Democrats cannot blame […]

What is in the mind of the Washington, DC shooter? What does he see when he looks though his gunsight? Apparently, he does not see a person. He sees a target. The shooter, I think, knows he’s going to be caught some day. He expects to be caught, even looks forward to it. On the […]