Gimme an S...gimme an A....

I am perplexed and a bit worried about comments tendered concerning an op-ed piece satirizing the first televised GOP presidential debate. I am and always have been a groveling, unworthy acolyte of political satirists/Pulitizer Prize laureates Maureen Dowd and the late Mike Royko. Key word here is SATIRE, defined as ...

End of the Weinie Roast

I'm a bit shocked that former Rep. Anthony Weiner is already yesterday's news. A few limp jokes remain about what he will do next -- and what we learned from the debacle. Rumors are that he refused to resign until promised a lucrative job a la Elliot Spitzer, the whoremonger/CNN ...

Men Behaving Badly (on Twitter)

Many years ago, when I lived in a charming New England city, a relief organization asked me to help acclimate a refugee family from Eastern Europe that they were sponsoring. This meant "showing them the ropes," from how to pay bills to what the kids wore to school. The greatest ...

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