“I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,” John Masefield wrote, for unknown reasons. I knew why I was going to the seas, though. My dear bride had discovered that there was a special Olivier Award-themed Cunard cruise.
And in one stroke my travel plans for the summer were all decided.
Continue reading From the Queen Mary 2 to London, pursued by Covid
“I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work,” Woody Allen once said. “I want to achieve immortality through not dying.”
January 20, 2017 — President Donald J. Trump takes the oath of office as the nation’s forty-fifth president. In his inaugural address, he reiterates his pledge to build a wall between the United States Continue reading I imagine President Trump’s first year in office
I cast my first vote — I say this now with a sort of perverse pride — for Richard Nixon, whose administration created EPA, devised a way to get government contracts to minority-owned firms, passed the Clean Air Act, ended the war in Viet Nam, and brought the PRC onto the international stage.
Continue reading Is It Time to Shut Down the Republican Party?
So I asked myself, who are Donald Trump’s supporters and why are they so angry? Continue reading Meet Donald Trump’s Supporters
It appears that as a result of his forthright honesty and authenticity, Donald Trump stands on the threshold of the Presidency. The Donald is loved by millions because what he says is spontaneous and unfiltered, much as we might be at the neighborhood bar, especially if we have been drinking heavily. Continue reading Twenty Questions for the Donald
Yeah, I know. It’s only a game. But sports have some advantages over everyday life: they’re dramatic; they’re played over a specific and limited length of time; and the results are certain. Even if they’re stupid.
Continue reading The lesson of the first Super Bowl. I was there. So I know.
In 1986, General Motors announced that it would be opening a new plant to manufacture a revolutionary new car called the Saturn. It invited economically-depressed towns from all over America to make the case that Saturns should be built there. Continue reading Memo to humans: we’re no longer necessary.
… we were a much different culture in 1976. Our beliefs about drinking and driving, appropriate jokes, and virtually everything concerning sex changed completely in the ensuing thirty-seven years. But in that ancient culture, it was a sign of class and gravity to follow a good meal by smoking an excellent cigar.
Madame Temporary Chair; distinguished Members of Congress; Governors; Mayors; other elected officials gathered here; distinguished delegates; and my fellow Americans—
You have given me the signal honor of our party’s nomination to the nation’s highest office. I accept. Continue reading I accept your nomination for President – and other fantasies