9 October 2009: Moon Over Afghanistan

President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize on the same day that NASA blows up the moon.  It’s a peaceful way of saying, “Today the Moon, Tomorrow Kabul!”  Everyone knows we can do it, nobly, so there is no need to send in more troops to Afghanistan.  Or is this just wishful thinking? Sheer lunacy?  “Shine on…Shine…

2 October 2009: Late Night with Letter A

In his TV show last night, David Letterman joked about having sex with women on his staff. No one expects him to wear the LETTER A around his neck.  What if Whoopi Goldberg or Barbara Walters had done the same thing?  Oh, wait.  Didn’t Baba Wawa confess to having an affair with US Senator Edward Brooke?  And…

l October 2009: Is Sarah Palin a Mutant?

I’m sure Sarah Palin gave the title of her upcoming memoir a great deal of thought before deciding to call it GOING ROGUE: AN AMERICAN LIFE.  She will surely benefit from all the allusions to ROGUE, a fictional female character from Marvel Comics, a mutant who, according to Wikipedia, “absorbs the memories, physical strength and…the abilities…