Dragon:  dragon is a large, serpentine, legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. A recent cartoon by Maddie Dai in the New Yorker Magazine depicted a man dressed as a Knight, holding a sword, while reclining on a therapist’s couch.  The caption…

There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience of imposing on the ignorance or credulity of others so frequently occur; so many immediate evils…

I have this memory of a Cumberland High School English class in 1972 where the teacher—whose name I do not recall, but was likely just a few years older than the students— in an effort to be “cool,” asked about…

What America Needs is a Vaccination Against Presidential Malfeasance Trump’s Timeline February 25: We’re very close to a vaccine February 28: Virus will soon disappear March: Testing for all (no tests available) March 24: shutdown lasting months was untenable (still…

First, let me preface this by saying I wish the President and First Lady a speedy recovery. I wish this for all people affected by this virus. But as the President, Mr. Trump owed a duty of responsibility to the…

Cops have become the focal point of the failure of society to address the cause of violence in America. This results from the unfiltered flood of social media stories lacking any corroboration or factual basis, even though overall violence has…

The President’s campaign has funded a site called The Truth Over Facts. (https://www.thetruthoverfacts.com/) When I read about it, it took me aback. Surely even the President knows that Truth and Facts are, or at least should be, interchangeable. But since…

“What do you say to Americans who are watching you right now who are scared?”Trump looked down and shook his head while this question was asked.“I think it’s a very nasty question. And I think it’s a very bad signal…

Please consider the following two scenarios (this is completely hypothetical and bears no resemblance to anyone in or out of political office.) Situation 1 Let’s say person W sees person T commit what he believes to be a crime. Person…

President Trump loves to claim credit for the positives and deny any blame for the negatives that have occurred since his election. He likes to brag about matters that, if true, require no expression of fact, i.e. his being a…