As I’ve said before several times in this Web log, if the United States does, in fact, sincerely want to solve the illegal alien problem, all that we need to do is treat the Americans who hire them the way we treat drug dealers. Certainly, diddling with tax policies isn’t going to accomplish much, except… Continue reading Snakes on the Ecliptic Plane!
Category: Science and Technology
The Future Just Isn’t What it Used to Be
My father’s older brother, Edward, never changed his last name back to Martini like my father did. As a matter of fact, when Dad resigned his position as an engineer at General Dynamics and left the Connecticut suburbs for Little Italy in Manhattan and a job tending a bar at the Stuyvesant New Amsterdam Hotel… Continue reading The Future Just Isn’t What it Used to Be
Taking a Big Wikileak – in Stride
A happy diplomat, it is said, lives in an English house, eats Chinese food, has a Japanese wife, receives American wages and drives a German car. His name is mentioned in the media, his secrets appear exclusively in diplomatic cables, and he vacations alone every summer in the south of France. Jack, whose middle name… Continue reading Taking a Big Wikileak – in Stride
How Can 500 Million Bozos be Wrong? Right?
It was only a matter of time, really. Congress finally got around to sending a few pointed questions to Facebook. The next step in that time-honored minuet, of course, is a subpoena. Hey, it’s happened to a lot of people considerably more intelligent, more creative, more insightful, more honest and much, much, much more useful… Continue reading How Can 500 Million Bozos be Wrong? Right?
The Palm Beach Hillbilly Runs for Senate
When Gretchen came in to open up this morning, there was McMurray, waiting outside the door for her to open it. He followed her in and immediately asked to see me as soon as possible. Given my schedule today, unfortunately, poor McMurray had to hang out in the reception area with Gretchen until a quarter… Continue reading The Palm Beach Hillbilly Runs for Senate