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This Year, Send a Bipartisan Valentine
By J.F. McKenna When you finish composing that heartfelt valentine to Aunt Sally, break out some extra stationery for those loveable folks in the Beltway. C’mon, get out the scented sheets and that...
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The Clarity of Kansas in Cleveland
By Doug Magill I think we need stories, and we need to tell the stories over and over and over not only to remind us, but to be able to have that clarity of experience that changes us, so that we...
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The Consequences of Honor
By Doug Magill The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not a man of honor. George Bernard Shaw It is one of the dismaying things about our President and his minions: their...
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And Now This Back-to-School Advisory: Oxford Dictionaries Online Is Hot Mess
By J.F. McKenna My friend Sam, notorious for sneaking timeless truths under the cover of satirical humor, was quite serious when he railed against the lack of international copyright as the open door...
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Marred-keting
By J.F. McKenna Back in the day when “the next economy” was a matter for grand speculation, management sage Peter Drucker diligently preached the gospel of knowing and understanding “the customer so...
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The Expanding Absurdity Postulate and the Pandering Paradox
By Doug Magill The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning – in other words, of absurdity – the more energetically meaning is sought. Vaclav Havel Newspapers hate to print corrections....
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Cuyahoga County in the Balance
by Doug Magill When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man’s baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government. Jacob K. Javits All of us who live...
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‘Thanks—But No’: A Beltway Tale
By J.F. McKenna The day in post-election Washington, mimicking a classic description from British novelist Somerset Maugham, “broke gray and dull.” Every indication was for more of the same until...
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The Dream Wasn’t “Burn This B**** Down!”
By Doug Magill Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. Martin Luther King, Jr. When writing to white religious leaders in his...
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Raftin’ with Huck and Andrew
By J.F. McKenna As American literature’s widely acknowledged platform, Huck Finn’s raft remains our sturdiest conveyance of native genius even as it continues to receive endless inspections. Mark...
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Vanity of Vanities
Vanity working on a weak head, produces every sort of mischief. Jane Austen By Doug Magill One of the things that seems saddest to me is those who profess disdain for the available candidates for...
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