Mean Mr. Mustard sleeps in the park, shaves in the dark, tryin’ to save a buck, sings John Lennon. “Mean” in Britain doesn’t mean nasty alone, but also miserly. Scrooge was mean. One of the least attractive traits of the … Continue reading
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President Trump is forcing the country to live in a never-ending maelstrom. Investigations into campaign crimes, financial crimes, emoluments, hush money, a heartless, deadly, unworkable, psychodrama on our southern border, boomeranging tariffs, a government shutdown, threats against the Fed that … Continue reading
‘Tis the Season to be jollied. So, for a few weeks each year at this time, the Christmas Spirit dictates that we imagine the wicked, old world can be filled with light. Pleas for good causes abound, and we respond. … Continue reading