And the award for the most cringeworthy, insensitive and unentertaining show goes to the 2022 Academy Awards. I’m not just talking about the moment when Will Smith stepped on the stage and slapped the comedian Chris Rock for making fun of Jada Smith’s shaved head. That was theater of the…

I can dislike Vladimir Putin for inflicting his dreams of a reunified Soviet on the people of Ukraine. Or I can think that Joe Biden has played a big part in the Ukraine War, higher gas prices and inflation, by being weak and misguided. But the real villain in my…

A friend asked me to let him know when I was next publishing a blog. I was flattered that he was missing my prose, but I have been moving into our new place and working on the church’s upcoming Strawberry Festival – a fundraiser for charity — and didn’t have…

Thank God for Aaron. Straight-shooter. Full of information. Expert plumber and observer of modern-day life. Aaron is the guy they call to fix everything the youngsters in the company have screwed up. Aaron and his sidekick/apprentice have been at our condo remodeling project for a day and a half now.…

What Tucker Carlson didn’t realize when he criticized Nancy Pelosi for looking like Michael Jackson the other night – implying she’d had too much plastic surgery – was that she appears to have been over-Botoxed. I’ve seen it before on our little island where some women don’t want to go…

I was bemused to see that Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez came down with a case of Covid shortly after visiting the free state of Florida and partying without a mask. I’m no fan, but I wish her well. Even a mild case is no picnic. I can’t say I blame her…

“Poor grandma,” my friend said. “The doctor says she can’t have calcium so we took away her morning cup of hot chocolate.” “Isn’t this the woman who’s 95 and in failing health?” I said. “Yes. The doctor thinks she won’t be around in six months?” “And you took away her…

Here’s the starting point. Consider that Elizabeth Warren paid $268,000 in taxes in 2017. Elon Musk is preparing to pay $15 billion for 2021 according to media reports. The two were in the news when, shortly after Musk was named Person of the Year by Time Magazine, Warren tweeted: “Let’s…

We talked about it as we ate dinner with friends last night in a restaurant where the company far excelled the food. I’d heard the rumor before – perhaps from the same source – but there it was again. When the Republicans take over the House of Representatives in the…

It happens frequently around here. People rent golf carts, don’t listen to what Steve at Kappy’s tells them about how far the carts can be driven and end up out of juice in the middle of the island after several hours of fun. I tell you this because golf carts…