Are you ready for it? No, not the cooler weather that should be upon us before too long. That will be a welcome relief from a rather warm summer across the nation. I’m actually thinking about something that will put even more hot air into the atmosphere than a Hollywood would-be-environmentalist’s private jet. Just in [...]

Several unrelated news items caught my eye recently. One about Russia. Another concerning Major League Baseball. Then there was Joe Biden’s vacation. And two more: one featuring ghost peppers and the other involving a man and a shark. As to the first one, it seems as if the Russian army is having some problems putting [...]

Occupying a dark booth in a trendy Georgetown bistro, our high-powered Republican and Democratic political operatives are, once again, about to share an exorbitant expense account meal. As the scene opens, the Democratic bigwig is smiling broadly as his Republican counterpart approaches. REP: Oh, geez. Look at that Cheshire cat grin. You must be feeling [...]

Have you ever heard of the “Famous Five”? I hadn’t until I started thinking more about the “Tenacious Two” of current fame. Both sobriquets refer to United States Senators. The Five gained fame in 1959. The Two are much more recent candidates for possible recognition. It seems that in the mid-to-late 1950s, a five-member Senate [...]