Top Gun Nancy

If I had to pick the top gun in Washington today it would be, hands down, Nancy Pelosi. By every metric, House Speaker Pelosi is the keystone of the Biden Administration.  Not only does she have the president’s legislative back, she is the narrator-in-chief for...

War in Europe

The war in Ukraine has become a touch & go situation for the West.  The war conjures up all our nightmares:  Stalin reincarnated in a “democratic” Russia, Europeans killing each other over borders, refugee crises, entangling alliances, fears of nuclear...

Trying Times

Each Memorial Day we reflect on America’s war dead.  These days, we should also reflect on the victims of mass shootings, especially those who never had a chance to grow up. For those of us whose childhood roots are in the 1950s each succeeding decade is a “tree...

London Calling

Emperor Trajan among London’s Roman ruins In the final episode of Season Two of Searching for Italy, actor Stanley Tucci focused on his home city for the last ten years: London. And, shockingly, he and his crew actually made a classical reference – they noted...

White Guilt

Last week, one of the founders of Black Lives Matter (BLM) stated that much of their organization’s $90 million income since its inception came from “white guilt.”  In other words, wealthy Whites and White-dominated corporations needed to buy forgiveness for...

Umm-Umm-Umbria!

If you like pork or lush Italian landscapes – or both – you probably enjoyed the latest installment of Stanley Tucci’s CNN series, Searching for Italy. Now in its second season, the show, which has one more episode to go, finally seems to be striking a decent...