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Monthly Archives: December 2012

Irrational Optimism

Monday, December 17, 2012

There is a lot of talk out there that this time will be different; that this time something really will be done about guns. The optimism extends even to those sections of the blogosphere where realism normally reigns. I’d love to believe it, but I think Tom Tomorrow has it absolutely right. The only real […]

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Friday Night Music

Friday, December 14, 2012

In case you missed it on last night’s Colbert, Sean Lennon, Mavis Staples, Jeff Tweedy and the Harlem Gospel Choir singing “Happy Christmas (War is Over)”. Sean is, I imagine, almost as old as his dad was when he died. You can certainly see that he’s a mix of both John and Yoko. The Colbert […]

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Horrible

Friday, December 14, 2012

The tragedy in Newtown is very much on our minds. Already the usual suspects are trotting out their right wing memes to divert attention from our lax gun laws. Rational people can only grieve, and those of us who are parents can imagine, even if we can’t truly feel, the unbearable anguish of the parents […]

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A can’t miss prediction

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

There are some behind the scenes, “bi-partisan” negotiations about filibuster reform going on in the Senate, featuring the usual suspects: “I think we’re having hopeful discussions,” Sen. John McCain told TPM. “We’re doing everything we can, but I don’t know if we’ll succeed. … I can’t tell you the back and forth but we are […]

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Bankers are different than you and me

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Imagine, if you will, that you were the plaintiff in one or more lawsuits. Imagine that you submitted evidence to a court knowing that it was fraudulent, or, upon learning it was fraudulent, failed to make the court aware of that fact. Now imagine that just about everyone knew what you’d done or were doing, […]

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Fitting in the Frame

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

This morning I attended a breakfast meeting of the Chamber of Commerce in Norwich. I made this sacrifice solely to show support for Chris Murphy, who addressed the assembled multitude. I figured that it could only help if there were at least a few Democrats in a crowd consisting mostly of people who think that […]

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A tax that can’t be mentioned in polite company

Monday, December 10, 2012

The “fiscal cliff” scare is a phony issue on a number of levels. It is a situation that was purposely created, and is now being used as a justification for taking steps that don’t have anything to do with the “cliff” itself. One indication of this, and I’m by no means being original in saying […]

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Friday Night Music, Take Two

Friday, December 7, 2012

I couldn’t resist passing on this very silly video.

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Friday Night Music

Friday, December 7, 2012

Unfortunately, the choice was made for me this week. Back in the dim and distant past, if a member of my generation had only one jazz album, the odds were 10 to 1 it was Take Five, The Dave Brubeck Quartet’s masterpiece. Of course, Take Five is the signature piece from the album, but they’re […]

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What would Abe do?

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Yeesh, I’m embarrassed on behalf of Joe Klein. Not that I have much good to say about the guy, but well…it’s like when I was quite young and I used to squirm while watching Lucille Ball get herself involved in a really stupid situation on I Love Lucy. Even though I knew it was all […]

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