Category Archives: philippic

This morning's posts bemoaning the sentencing of a self-anointed savior of freedom are not very persuasive to me.  Moreover, I find their tone disturbing. Folks!  Really! Assumptions of absolute evil in the hearts of those on the other side of … Continue reading →

"Wolf! Wolf! Wolf!" Crying "Wolf" is the problem I have with last night's Amber Alert that broadcast on cellphones throughout California a BOLO about a missing child from Boulevard, California. Which CHP genius decided to make the alert statewide when … Continue reading →

San Francisco’s local trash hauler — which I bet we now are supposed to call a “waste management system” — is asking to increase rates by 21.5%. I believe it is so high that it should not be taken seriously. … Continue reading →

In our negative narrative world,  the dirty, thieving politicians are all deserving only of scorn, criticism, and abuse.  Members of Congress are out-of-touch, corrupt, pandering, and stupid buffoons.  The ones we vote for are only the of lesser of two … Continue reading →

In Iowa President Obama’s campaign headquarters is the target of anti-war Occupiers demanding the dismantling of the “ U.S. military empire.” .  A photograph of the protesters taken Sunday shows fresh-faced people mugging for the camera in friendly sincerity.  The … Continue reading →