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ODE TO CHEERLEADERS

Once upon a midnight dreary, (oh no I’ve got my poems confused) I came upon a sad and teary tale so trite and overused I found it in a...

LYIN' GUYS

Every family has their dirty laundry. There had always been talk in our family about poor Aunt Ruby having to give her baby away to the...

AMERICAN SN(HYPE)R

Bradley Cooper was really super He made Americans very proud He played Chris Kyle with grace and style The audience was truly wowed The...

SOLITAIRE-Y MAN

President Obama has developed such a long track record of conciliation, appeasement and outright abdication of his leadership position...

TIES THAT BIND

“The border needs to be secured Those Mexican beans we’ll make them jump, They take our jobs, they’re uninsured,” So says the vitriolic...

NOT AS BAD AS HITLER

I went to Florida to visit my ninety nine year old Uncle Jack last week. World War II vet. Sharp as a tack. I love my Uncle Jack. He’s...

I'LL DRINK TO THAT

In the first presidential election I was eligible to vote, the Vietnam War was in full swing and I was eager to end the policies of the...

LAST BUT NOT LEASHED

I was shopping at Nordstrom the other day. I like their service. It is expensive but on sale days it is worth it. I usually go to Target...

DEUTSCHE BUNK

As the smoke clears over the financial battlefield of the Greek exit from the Euro, it is clear from the words of the ostensible winners...

THE POPE SAYS NOPE -- MASS COMMUNICATION

Hope springs eternal in the human breast So says the great Alexander Pope But when it comes to reproductive rights, Nothing has changed;...

R A T

Radical Anti-abortion Terrorists. These fanatics, the majority of whom are inspired by a distorted form of Christianity, have been...

WAITER, THERE'S A DRONE IN MY SOUP

There was a drone sighting recently by the White House. This wasn’t a Russian-made high altitude high tech surveillance device discovered...

A LESSON IN OXYMORONS

The dictionary describes an oxymoron as a phrase containing contradictory terms, derived from the Latin meaning pointedly foolish. The...

AMERICAN IDYLL

Oh no, don’t tell me, it’s much too soon Is it really football season? The only time that I might watch is When the weather’s freezin’ It...

HIS JOB HER JOB HIJAB

Morris Feldman didn’t get the nickname Master of Marketing for nothing. When we were in college Morris was the first person ever to...

KNEEL AND DELIVER

(Sung to the tune of the Star Spangled Banner) Oh say “I can’t breathe” cried Eric Garner with fright As the Brooklyn police gave his...

TWO MINUTE WARNING

For Belichik, Kraft and Tom Brady, too You know your comeuppance is long overdue The long arm of justice will finally prevail, even if it...

1% FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST

The second Republican Presidential debate is being held tomorrow in Simi Valley at the Reagan Library, home of The Great Cue Card Reader....

NOT WORKING UP TO HIS POTENTIAL

‘Not working up to his potential’. I got that comment a lot on my report card when I was in school; I also got ‘Needs To Apply Himself’...

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

My Aunt Shirley is my favorite aunt. She has a degree in chemistry from Johns Hopkins. She’s retired now but she used to work for a big...

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