The Seasonal Message is prayer For the starving child of Zaire And others threatened elsewhere.   The child is sorrowfully dispensable By those who are struck insensible, Which in faith is incomprehensible.   Remorseless leaders dismiss the meaning of the Manger— So conditioned by the faceless moneychanger.   Who but the Infant Jesus cries out the danger As flies hover to lay eggs on a tiny stranger?   Begone callous d...

CHRISTMAS 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, HE LIVED ALL ALONE, IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE. I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE, AND TO SEE JUST WHO IN THIS HOME DID LIVE. I LOOKED ALL ABOUT, A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE, NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS, NOT EVEN A TREE. NO STOCKING BY MANTLE, JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND, ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES OF FAR DISTANT LANDS. WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL KINDS, A SOBER THOUGHT CAME THROUGH ...

    Leave it to average panicky investors to play into the hands of the professional Wall Street schemers and traders to pounce on the financial crisis to encourage selling low so the the bad guys can buy low. Successful investors have always looked to the bottom before throwing in their megabucks and then relying on the market's slightest hic-cup to sell high in order to set the race to the bottom again. The ostensibly free market is in in fact anarchic roulette. 

Records attest that the hottest days occurred before WWII! Perhaps it just seemed that way since the only relief other than fire escapes was in the better movie theaters having air-conditioning? Can you imagine going on a vacation trip w/o air-conditioned cars—oh, well, at least in those days there were rumble seats.

On the internet is a two part novel about the Depression and World War II, Titled A Tale of Love& War , Volumes I & II by Richard R. Kennedy[stevendedalus]. The subtitle of the first book is “An Odyssey of Childhood & Early Youth,” the second is subtitled “War & The Home Front.” Both are available on the web sites of Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the publisher Publish America. [ www.publishamerica.com ] Forgive me for the sales pitch. &n...

Though many loved ones are gone from this world  — Our hearts forlorn and knurled — Faith ushers in the comfort of the undying soul That, as Bethlehem’s Star, emits control Over the dark imbalance of anxious moments Conjuring dread and hope’s ambivalence. Yea, to the Child’s unabated spirit of hope As we trudge condition’s skittish slope. Yea, to the departed whose eternal light Guides us through timorous twilight Toward the final home ...

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I caution farmers and those with lap tops boarding a plane when under the influence. They could trigger an air marshal if they slur their words or act cavalier: he could mistake “I’m heading for my farm” for “...bomb.” Or a frustrated Laptopper might grimace to a fellow passenger and blurt, “This damn laptop is a bomb.”

Pardon the presumptuousness, but why not consider purchasing my book--both volumes--from   w ww.publishamerica.com  and search for Tale of Love & War ?    

Who said crime doesn’t pay? — surely, not Martha Stewart. There is high hope for Iraq — thanks to the high number of women in government. If social security had begun as personal accounts, the wealthy by far would have the major share; as it stands the return value is greater for the poor. How is it there isn’t a stampede for Reagan’s features on Mt. Rushmore; or was the right wing flap expended by their crusade to dump Daschle? Is President Bush really concerned over his twin daughters’ be...

I can understand the necessity of pimpin’ military humvees with hill billy armor, but when major car manufacturers join the “pimp my ride” craze they have become not only un patriotic but obscene. Newsweek quotes a Chrysler executive, “we need to work with friends like Dub [hip-hop car magazine] because we’re old.” One has to wonder if the turmoil in Iraq is already a forgotten war. The Big Three in WWII were war heroes in the way they banded together to produce a war machine like no other w...

Resolve to continue to watch Desperate Housewives in spite of moralists’ pressure not to. Resolve never to pick up the phone until the message begins and I’m sure it is not a telemarketer. Despite the nation’s move to the right, I resolve to move further to the left. Resolve to email my senators and representative to vote against privatizing social security. Resolve to get the hell out of Florida if there’s another hurricane this new year.

In light of yesterday's Mosul tragedy, isn't it about time we send in crack special forces to avenge the cruel deaths of our troops?

Christopher Reeve was indeed a superman in his courageous battle against horrific disease and paralysis from his accident. May you, Christopher, find your strength in Crypton's heaven.