Elections, it would seem to me Are serious concerns On each and every ballot A country’s future turns It may embrace a tyrant Or el...

To everyone except The most post-partisan observer I think we’ll soon be calling this “The Summer of the Server” As we can all at...

Every day the world is changing In some ways quite hard to notice Which has not a thin to do with Who’s the POTUS or the SCOTUS ...

Run Joe Run Our country’s favorite son The nation needs your leadership Run Joe Run The also-rans have all begun assembling ...

It’s happening all over Just like you remember when The vast right wing conspiracy Is on the move again They’ve got their pi...

I woke up in the morning And I felt like eggs Laid by California chickens Who can stretch their legs Eggs sold in California...

Pep Talk It just won’t fit inside my brain. Who goes to war to just contain? It’s such an old familiar song. Let’s move on in;...

I’ve always been so grateful To the folks at NBC They’ve done the best they can To make a better man of me They told me to e...

 

Every year, the Beltway crowd All get a little thrill As they take the White House budget On its journey to The Hill   You’...

News Flash!   The cast of Downton Abbey wins the SAG Award for best acting.   Howzat?   The announcement was made the same night History C...

I tuned in the speech And I listened intently To see how the country Had changed, fundamentally   I read all the papers And watch ...

Following is my humble suggestion for how Joni Ernst should begin her reply to President Obama's State of the Union speech. On beh...

Welcome to our world Dear Harvard Professors You now have to choose Of two evils, The lessers Ignore all the facts And k...

The week started out with Harvard professors complaining about their ineluctable deductibles so I wrote a poem about that.  Then there was t...

I’d like to take my pen in hand And write a little rant I’d like to vent invective But it’s Christmas, and I can’t I’d like to raise m...

In Spring, the birds are singing And in gardens, pretty petals While now, the bells are ringing And on corners, there are kettles ...

I know it isn’t prudent And I know it isn’t wise But every time the news comes on I just avert my eyes I sure don’t want to ...

Recently, I’ve pondered on A curious phenomenon As we acquire more and more We find less to be thankful for   My iPhone 5 i...

I didn’t think it’d get this bad I’d laugh, except it’s all so sad In fact, I think it’s quite as bad as it could ever get A prom...