Tag Archives: Commentary

We’ll Always Have Pittsburgh

Posted on June 3, 2017 by

Americans used to love Paris. There’s even a song about it, something about springtime and fall and drizzles and sizzles. George Gershwin wrote a whole musical on the theme. He thought Paris ‘S wonderful! American literary types used to hang … Continue reading →

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The Impeachment of Hillary Clinton

Posted on May 18, 2017 by

Perhaps the most shocking thing, out of all the shocks that have battered us since the inauguration of President Trump, is the complete lack of responsible reaction from Congressional Republicans. Beyond a few bleats of “troubling” and “concerning” there is … Continue reading →

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Gambling on Trump

Posted on March 29, 2017 by

The boardwalk was deserted on this bright spring day, a solitary security guard with nothing to do staring out to sea. Behind her an enormous empty building loomed. We were in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where my husband was attending … Continue reading →

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A Women’s History Sampler

Posted on February 22, 2017 by

This sampler is dedicated to Senator Elizabeth Warren With thanks to Senator Mitch McConnell for inadvertently summarizing the History of Women in just eleven words Created without traditional needle and thread in Photoshop Elements

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Trump Hall

Posted on February 1, 2017 by

Literary and historical analogies to the new administration in Washington have been flying as fast and indiscriminately as the hastily scribbled Executive Orders fly from the Oval Office desk. 1984, Brave New World, The Plot Against America, the Soviet Union, … Continue reading →

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Coping

Posted on January 20, 2017 by

My Happy New Year greetings have been somewhat muted this year. It’s hard to envisage future happiness when the entire fabric of the space/time continuum is about to unravel. And that’s just the winter weather forecast. What is happening in … Continue reading →

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A Very Amerrygun Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2016 by

To celebrate Christmas Eve in a suitably American manner I reprise my rewrite of “Twas the Night Before Christmas” first published by The Dabbler last year. I made a few changes in acknowledgement of our dire present circumstances.

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