Obama Finds His Voice on National Security Leaks

Last weekend, a Russian hacker cracked six and a half million Linkedin user passwords.  Monday, he posted them on the Internet.  Wednesday, Linkedin came out and admitted what had happened.  Thursday, all hell broke loose.  Friday afternoon, I had an appointment for a policy consultation with a Linkedin representative.  I had Gretchen reschedule her, however,… Continue reading Obama Finds His Voice on National Security Leaks

Obama Comes Out for Same-Sex Marriage – What Would Black Jesus Do?

Wednesday of this week, President Obama announced his support for gay marriage to Robin Roberts on ABC’s Good Morning America.  An hour later, the Right Reverend Doctor Tyrone Jefferson Jackson Clay DD, Chairman of the Southern African-American Methodist Episcopal Baptist Family Values Council, called Gretchen to schedule a consultation with me at the first possible opportunity. … Continue reading Obama Comes Out for Same-Sex Marriage – What Would Black Jesus Do?

GOP and Dems Alike, Everybody Wants to Pound Julia

Poor Mexico – so far from God, and so close to the United States. – Mexican folk aphorism, often erroneously attributed to José de la Cruz Porfirio Díaz Mori Cinco de Mayo isn’t Mexican Independence Day; that’s September 16.  It isn’t the date of the Mexican Constitution – that’s February 5.  It isn’t the date… Continue reading GOP and Dems Alike, Everybody Wants to Pound Julia

Secret Service Bedroom Video Scandal Avoided

Last night, before taking in Arias with a Twist at the Woolly Mammoth Theater, Cerise and I were relaxing over tapas at Jaleo.  While we waited for our order to arrive, Beaumont noticed me and sidled over.  He’s a very decent sort, and works for the Secret Service.  Some people, of course, might wonder about… Continue reading Secret Service Bedroom Video Scandal Avoided

Scalia Says Obamacare Tastes Like Broccoli

It was a mighty glum Mortimer Groenteboer of the American Fruit and Vegetable Council who came to visit my office on the afternoon of Friday March 30.  “He looks,” Gretchen opined in an instant message shortly before showing him in, “like he was weaned on a pickle.” And so he did.  A more unhappy Washington… Continue reading Scalia Says Obamacare Tastes Like Broccoli