Tea Party Master Debaters Vow to Beat Boehner – Later

When beetles fight these battles in a bottle with their paddles and the bottle’s on a poodle and the poodle’s eating noodles, they call this a muddle puddle tweetle poodle beetle noodle bottle paddle battle. – Representative Lois Frankel, D-Florida,The Congressional Record, Saturday, September 28, 2013 Ladies and gentlemen, you can’t make this stuff up. … Continue reading Tea Party Master Debaters Vow to Beat Boehner – Later

Paula Deen’s N-Word Problem Only Tip of Iceberg

My very first consultation on Thursday morning was with Dr. Omunika Tyronenette Shabazz, Vice Director of the Center for Political Correctness here in Washington DC.  The purpose of her visit became clear almost immediately. “Mr. Collins,” she opened as she picked up the heavy, leather upholstered chair positioned to the right of my desk and… Continue reading Paula Deen’s N-Word Problem Only Tip of Iceberg

Cyprus Peers into the Abyss of Default and Winks

Friday night at the Round Robin Bar, I spied Hambis Gaurospore Gamotinmanasu, First Attaché for Economic Policy at the Cypriot Embassy here in Washington DC.  There’s this Mediterranean brandy, Metaxa, which is considered a bit déclassé, for the most part.  The Round Robin stocks the top-of-the-line item, Metaxa Grande Fine – in the back, of course… Continue reading Cyprus Peers into the Abyss of Default and Winks

George Russ Tests Miracle Grow Cure for Global Warming

Wednesday, my dear sister Rose stopped by my office and invited me to Sunday dinner.  For the last couple of years, such an invitation has meant that she, her husband Hank, Hank’s brother and his wife Shannon are running low on the funds necessary to feed both of their enormous Catholic broods of children an appropriate repast… Continue reading George Russ Tests Miracle Grow Cure for Global Warming

iPhone 5? Foxconn and Apple Think no Different than J.P. Morgan

Late yesterday afternoon, my last appointment was with Poppy Stackpush, Special Assistant to Tim Cook at Apple, Inc.  Unlike most of my visitors, she had no briefcase, which might be expected, but she also had no computer – not a laptop, notebook nor pad.  Instead, her sole item of professional equipment was an Apple iPhone 5,… Continue reading iPhone 5? Foxconn and Apple Think no Different than J.P. Morgan