Well, McCain has officially thrown in the towel. His choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate was his last, desperate ploy to give CPR to his pathetic effort to pretend that this “maverick” of the meandering moral compass was remotely qualified to be the most powerful person in the world. No surprise, […]
McCain’s Moral Failing? Dishonesty, for One
God knows we have rarely been in such dire need of a president with some trace of a moral compass. (Not “moral” in the Christian right sense; it basically uses “morality” as a cudgel to promote its biases). So I was interested to hear John McCain’s answer at Rick Warren’s forum the other night when […]
Bravo to New Yorker for Obama-as-Terrorist Cover
Why, exactly, has The New Yorker been widely vilified for its cover depicting the Obamas as fist-bumping Muslim terrorists? Do people think the magazine actually wants to spread the idea that they are in fact terrorists? Don’t be ridiculous. The cover is obviously a sharp commentary on the terrifying power of even the most absurd […]
Leaf blowers have no place in a civilized society
It was a sad day this spring when Dobbs Ferry joined hundreds of towns and cities nationwide in enacting a seasonal ban on gas-powered leaf blowers. Don’t get me wrong: I hate these machines, and had been pushing for years for a ban. What was profoundly sad was that the ban was necessary – […]
A Buddhist perspective on the Bush disaster
Here’s a radical thought for the day: Stop blaming Bush. Oh, it would be easy to gaze at the wreckage of democracy of the past seven years and point a finger at the perpetrator-in-chief, but blaming Bush, I now realize, would be like blaming, well, a rock. How did I achieve this newfound enlightenment? […]
Will that Comb-over Blow McCain Away?
It’s time to focus on a neglected but vital campaign issue: John McCain’s comb-over. I can’t even begin to dissect this matter, though, without citing what has to be the definitive commentary on this often surreal hairdo. In one of his priceless sketches on NPR in New York years ago, Steve Post told […]