The Boy Who Lied Wolf

As frequent readers of this Web log know, my birthday is on April 1. Although a lot of people regularly take their birthday off from work, I have only done that a couple of times, and last Friday wasn’t one of them – I was way too busy, with consultations booked starting at 7:30 in… Continue reading The Boy Who Lied Wolf

Pat McCrory’s MLK Day Dream – No Vote for NC’s 12th District

Despite the national holiday here in the United States being celebrated next Monday, in fact Wednesday January 15 was the actual birthday of the Right Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Junior, Ph.D.  And it was on the good Doctor’s birthday that I received a call from Pat McCrory, the Republican governor of North Carolina.   Tom:… Continue reading Pat McCrory’s MLK Day Dream – No Vote for NC’s 12th District

Sequestration – A Terrible Idea Whose Time Has Come

Dumfry and Dean are identical twins.  When they were but six weeks old, their mother died in an automobile accident where the car she was riding in was hit from behind by a large truck, causing her to be thrown out through the windshield from the front passenger seat and subsequently run over by passing police cruiser, which… Continue reading Sequestration – A Terrible Idea Whose Time Has Come