Confession: I am an ex-Hippie. My freak flag was long and I wore a pony tail for years. I play in bands and I am a devout rock-n-roller. The hey-day of my 70’s was replaced by the treasure of raising a family through the 80’s, 90’s and now into the new century. I am beyond […]

At the end of a fairly successful and grueling business trip I thought I would pass on some interesting details I have seen on the Litvinenko case. Tidbits are all we seem to get these days – a crumb here or there in a news story. But the crumbs either support or conflict with the […]

Far right (or hard right) Republicans/Conservatives have a decision to make: either purity or Power. The early party donation numbers are in and one thing is clear – the moderates are leading on the right and the far right is not doing much more than complain about purity. It would seem the far right is […]

From the party that bolted Texas so the People’s House in Texas could align representation to fit the voters’ party association, the whines and pouts that Bush used a legal action (used by Dems of course when they want their way) to appoint controversial (yet competent) people to posts is just pathetic. Dems: win Presidential […]

One cannot wonder if the result of the British success in obtaining the release of their 15 sailors and marines was not greeted with a planned IED attack on one of their scout groups, killing four UK soldiers in Iraq the very day the freed hostages land at home. It would be classic Iranian duplicity […]