Don Darrell Issa Continues to Insist on Tilting at Benghazi Windmills

The sane and sensible residents of the Washington DC area – and yes, Virginia, there actually are such people – spent the Memorial Day holiday weekend at home, just like sane and sensible people everywhere. Instead of rushing off to a resort destination guaranteed, by definition, to be overcrowded with bozos who don’t know any… Continue reading Don Darrell Issa Continues to Insist on Tilting at Benghazi Windmills

Former DNC CEO too Pathetically Naive to be Guilty

Today, Cerise and I attended a memorial service for the great-grandmother of Cerise’s graduate school thesis advisor, with whom she afterward became a close friend.  Consequently, being almost like family, Cerise merited an invitation to great granny’s farewell, and I, being Cerise’s Significant Other, could not refuse to accompany Cerise to the ceremony.  The occasion itself being a remembrance… Continue reading Former DNC CEO too Pathetically Naive to be Guilty

Carlos’ Dangerous Weiner Imperils NY Mayoral Bid

It was another working Saturday for Gretchen and myself – the situation in the Middle East has been great for business – and I was booked solid for consultations from nine to five-thirty.  But around ten-forty-five, between appointments, Gretchen told me that I had a call waiting from my nephew, Hank Junior, who is studying… Continue reading Carlos’ Dangerous Weiner Imperils NY Mayoral Bid

Welcome to the Hotel Ecuador, Mr. Assange

Julian Assange, charismatic leader of Wikileaks, desperate fugitive from Swedish justice and now the latest member of Interpol’s Most Wanted List, has been sleeping on an air mattress in an office at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London since June 19.  Today, he emerged onto a balcony (which is, technically, in Ecuador) above the street outside… Continue reading Welcome to the Hotel Ecuador, Mr. Assange

Obama Didn’t Say That, But Romney Doesn’t Care

My first consultation on Thursday morning this week was with Phineas Filch, of the Republican National Committee.  To say he looked like the cat who ate the canary would be a pale understatement.  No, he looked like the cat who ate the canary, the goldfish, the hamster – as well as the gerbil, then lured… Continue reading Obama Didn’t Say That, But Romney Doesn’t Care