My very first appointment last Friday morning (at a mind-numbing 6:30 a.m., I might add) was with Rabbi Mordechi Slivovitz, an august, erudite and truly imposing personage who also happens to be, among many, many other things, the current President of the Chosen Peoples’ Order of the Masada Machabee Martyrs, headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. … Continue reading Zionist Leaders Contemplate Unholy Alliance to Defeat Hagel
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Just Another Super Bowl Sunday
My extended family organized two Super Bowl parties last night. There was one for the hordes of children belonging to my dear sister Rose, her husband Hank, Hank’s brother and his wife – that one was held at the home in Fairfax, Virginia where, thanks to the folly of our real estate market, both large… Continue reading Just Another Super Bowl Sunday
Mitt Romney’s Southern Fried French Connection
While relaxing at home in Great Falls, Virginia, this afternoon, I received a telephone call from Jacques, my thoroughly French friend from La Sorbonne. Jacques: Hello, Tom? Comment vas-tu? Tom: Ca va, et toi? Jacques: To tell the truth, my friend Tom, I am not so happy today, because of what I have read on… Continue reading Mitt Romney’s Southern Fried French Connection
Obama’s Lethal Pen Strikes Terror in Yemen
Today, I received a visit from Dr. Neekni Bzez-Emak ibn Himar, Chairman of the National Islamic People’s Party Legal Extension Service, which is headquartered here in Washington DC. Fresh from a meeting at the Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, he was equally full of tea and indignation. “Mr. Collins,” he bitterly complained, “words can… Continue reading Obama’s Lethal Pen Strikes Terror in Yemen
Occupy Wall Street Gets Street Smart
Columbus Day is a federal holiday, and, in my humble opinion, no other day is more suitable. After all, Columbus was dead wrong about the key assumption underlying his endeavours, that being the size of the earth. Every educated person in Columbus’ day knew it was round, of course – that realization went back to… Continue reading Occupy Wall Street Gets Street Smart