It seems as I get older The year end’s hurley-burlier The days are flying faster And New Year’s Eve comes earlier My memory is going My brai...

Let me take this opportunity To recollect the reason Why, from the dawn of history We celebrate this season In the summer and the autumn We...

For years it was the same old story Our politicians, young or hoary From every clan or category Lacked the gift of oratory I sure liked “W” ...

I thought I heard a story While sailing on my yacht The President’s for tax cuts But Jim DeMint is not Reliable Joe Biden Whose voice the w...

News Item: Ted Turner urges world to adopt "one-child" policy to save the planet; suggests poor couples could opt to remain child...

There is no place to hide Nowhere to run from life’s assailants No matter where you go, you know You’re subject to surveillance Each one of ...

While thanking God this week for all our blessings is the norm I say we should be thankful for the calm and for the storm For the things tha...

If you need me to exhort you To get on out and vote Then you’re not paying attention Or you didn’t get the note The issues are titanic And t...

The High Court says that Legal Students Should learn from foreign Jurisprudence And foreign films Will sure excite Some smiles on A Summer N...

October Surprise Sometimes, I think it’s frightening Just as the polls are tightening A scandal will explode on us Just like a bolt of light...

There are life coaches who insist That each of us should make a list Of places fair and meals exquisite That we intend to eat or visit Of al...

Football Follies There’s one thing about football That makes fans cry for mercy That something is the specter of A quarterback controversy W...

Let every flag and speech remind us That primaries are now behind us Now, each one as his conscience guides Must take the torch and choose u...

That boy who ran the marathon The girl who watched your kid The cop who trained on weekends Just look at what they did They volunteered for ...

The Healers There are these other people We seldom ever see They're hardly even noticed By folks like you and me These other men and w...

The famous can do plenty But we average can do more Because the famous can’t set foot … Inside a 99 cents store And the average guy can let ...

Forget the squabbles Forget the spin Forget the shape that The budget’s in Forget the hearings And masquerading Forget the spokesmen Who’re ...

Crisis Management By the beard of Dionysus Another week, another crisis Even Nixon with all his tricks Could only muster a feeble six But th...

I want to smoke a nice cigar And put the top down on my car I want to drive along the shore And not check e-mails any more I want to sing wh...

I plan to wax poetic Well, what else would I do? Regarding quizzes, tests, exams An, yes, assessments, too. As children we disliked them Inv...

I think of Will, A special boy I know Who, when I met him first Hid behind his father’s leg And wailed when cars went by Afraid in ways we d...

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Song of the Calm Conservative In politics, I’ve always thought My outlook to be sanguine I’m never one to hit the streets With pots and pans...

I know it sounds unusual And just a wee bit quirky But government is giving us A second slice of Turkey I’ve never heard such nonsense All t...

Early in my college days The future looked fantastic Preparing for a long career In aluminum or plastic But then quite unexpectedly I felt m...