My one o’clock consultation on Friday was with Jefferson Davis Bedford Forrest Epps III, a key member on the staff of Dean Heller, the junior US senator from Nevada. Entering my office, he quickly selected the chair to the immediate right of my desk, pulled it as close as possible toward me and leaned over… Continue reading Some of Senator Heller’s Best Friends are Ranchers
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Blood Moon Causes Widespread Lunacy
Unlike Christmas, which, being intended by the early Roman church to serve as a substitute for the Feast of Mithra, is always celebrated on December 25, the date of Easter moves around. That’s because, in order to maintain the necessary verisimilitude and congruence with the story found in the Gospels, Easter is supposed to occur… Continue reading Blood Moon Causes Widespread Lunacy
McAllister and Peacock on CCTV, K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Climate change, with its polar vortexes and March snowstorms delayed the start of spring here in Washington DC until about five days ago. Consequently, now that it’s suddenly around eighty degrees and sunny, and very well watered after weeks of thoroughly soaking, if bone chilling rain, everything is happening at once. Instead of the usual… Continue reading McAllister and Peacock on CCTV, K-I-S-S-I-N-G
Welcome to Zunzuneo, Brought to You by USAID
Last night I stopped by the Round Robin Bar before meeting Cerise to take in a performance at the Woolly Mammoth Theater. There I saw Cabot, who is with the United States Agency for International Development Office of Transition Initiatives. Now, USAID is associated with the State Department, and everybody knows how those folks can… Continue reading Welcome to Zunzuneo, Brought to You by USAID
Oculus Proves There’s a Kickstarter Backer Born Every Minute
Rose and Katje both called me this week to chat and drop hints about bringing their families over to my place in Great Falls, Virginia for Sunday dinner. Their motives were different, of course. Katje’s husband, my dear younger brother Rob Roy, wants to hang out at my place this weekend and next so he… Continue reading Oculus Proves There’s a Kickstarter Backer Born Every Minute