It’s been an incredibly busy week, and more remarkable because it’s a week in July, and the stock market has traditionally waited until autumn to deflate the fantasies of greedy investors. The gods of commerce apparently decided to get started early this time, handing all those starry-eyed dreamers the stock market’s worst performance in five… Continue reading Unsportsmanlike Behavior
Category: Tom’s Life and Times
Patrician Pinhead Pajama Party
Wednesday, I had a lunch date with Connor, an old college chum – we were both reporters on the campus newspaper. These days, Connor is a Senate staffer, and consequently we shared a table in the Senate Dining Room. The food there, if not up to my usual standards, is nevertheless wholesome and acceptable. Furthermore,… Continue reading Patrician Pinhead Pajama Party
The Hunch Backer of DHS
Here inside the Beltway, when invited to a Sunday brunch at an undisclosed location, one attends. Given his recent behavior, I would have expected everybody to give Mike Chertoff the cold shoulder this afternoon, and they pretty much did. He cut a rather lonely figure, standing in the middle of the room, staring longingly at… Continue reading The Hunch Backer of DHS
Severely Surreal Safari
Yesterday when I got back to the office after lunch, my private secretary put through a call from Mr. Punda Limpopo, a Finance and Economics Attache stationed here in Washington at the Embassy of Zimbabwe. I can’t say I was pleased to hear from him. I considered my dealings with Mr. Limpopo to be concluded. … Continue reading Severely Surreal Safari
Bombs Bursting Over There
Cerise and I romped until dawn, so it wasn’t all that pleasant to be awakened at 8:38 this morning by a telephone call, but Caller ID said it was from my sister Rose, therefore filial duty required that I pick up instead of letting it roll over into voice mail. Rose: Tom, Hank’s scared to… Continue reading Bombs Bursting Over There