I am sitting at the table Waiting for dinner to be served It’s a big traditional spread Someone brings out bread It looks good but I’m told ...

You’ve often heard me sing this song But everything you know is wrong So folks, Be sure your surgeon is a seventh day Adventist And if a fri...

The Blimp of State’s been punctured We all can hear it hissing We need someone to guide us But the President is missing. He’s filling out hi...

Among the best and deepest urges That in the human spirit surges That we declare come each July Is called the sound of Freedom’s cry And if ...

Following catastrophes Of nature or of violence It’s fitting to observe them with A span or two of silence For stillness is appropriate Beyo...

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...