Actor Ricky Schroder posted a bizarre video on Facebook in which he berates a Costco worker who was not letting the former child star enter the store without a mask. The video was posted on Saturday afternoon and shows Schroder arguing with a Costco supervisor named Jason at the entrance to a location in Los Angeles. In the video, the worker explains that despite the new … [Read more...] about Actor Ricky Schroder harasses Costco worker over mask in California
What to do about Israel?
As people learn about the rockets that Hamas and the Israeli military recently fired on each other, it is easy to lose sight on the underlying friction that produced those rocket launches. From Reuters, 15 May 2021: "Hamas began its rocket assault on Monday after tensions over a court case to evict several Palestinian families in East Jerusalem, and in retaliation for … [Read more...] about What to do about Israel?
Social Distancing: Bipartisan Indifference
There is a controversy brewing in the U.S. This controversy has spread from the programs of FOX News to the beaches where spring break is occurring. There are people who are not wearing masks and people who are. There are people who are still practicing social distancing, people who are practicing social distancing to a certain extent, and people who refuse to social distance … [Read more...] about Social Distancing: Bipartisan Indifference
THE BIG LIE (Cartoon)
EVER HAVE A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE?
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree My late father once confided his belief in “universal knowledge.” He felt that God gave humans finite, physical brains to prevent them from knowing EVERYTHING. That theme is echoed in the book I’m currently reading: “Forever,” by Bruce Greyson, M.D. Psychiatrist Greyson has spent 50 years studying Near-Death Experiences (NDEs). No, this isn’t … [Read more...] about EVER HAVE A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE?
GASSY REPUBLICANS (Cartoon, Column and Video)
While chomping on some two dollar street tacos recently at a nearby Mexican restaurant, I was thinking about the gas shortage. It’s the thing everyone is talking. A couple of guys near me and the bartender were talking about how bad the lines were getting here locally, despite the fact there really isn’t a gas shortage. DarkSide, a brand new criminal gang from Russia that … [Read more...] about GASSY REPUBLICANS (Cartoon, Column and Video)
As the Palestinian minority takes to the streets, Israel is having its own Black Lives Matter moment
Israeli-arabs gesture and wave Palestinian flags at Israelis in a Jewish community building, during renewed riots in the city of Lod on May 11. Oren Ziv/picture alliance via Getty Images James L. Gelvin, University of California, Los Angeles The images and reports coming from Israel, Jerusalem and Gaza in recent days are shocking. They are also … [Read more...] about As the Palestinian minority takes to the streets, Israel is having its own Black Lives Matter moment
LIFTING THE MASK MANDATE (Cartoon)
Israel-Gaza conflict rages, U.S. tells Israel to protect media after tower hit
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Rami Ayyub GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel pounded Gaza, destroying a tower block that housed media organisations and which it said had militant assets, while Palestinian rocket salvoes hit Tel Aviv on Saturday, with no sign of an end to almost a week of fighting. The death toll is rising from the worst escalation since 2014 and diplomacy has so far … [Read more...] about Israel-Gaza conflict rages, U.S. tells Israel to protect media after tower hit
Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices
(Corrects name of AP CEO to Pruitt in sixth paragraph) GAZA (Reuters) - Israel destroyed a 12-storey tower block in Gaza housing the offices of the U.S.-based Associated Press and other news media on Saturday, saying the building was also used by the Islamist militant group Hamas. The al-Jalaa building in Gaza City, which also houses the offices of Qatar-based broadcaster Al … [Read more...] about Israel destroys Gaza tower housing AP and Al Jazeera offices
GRRRRRRRRREAT PEACE NEGOTIATOR (Cartoons, Column and Video)
Do you remember the TV show “Finding Bigfoot?” In case you never saw it, it was about four morons traipsing through the forests of America looking for a creature that doesn’t exist. I didn’t see every episode, but of the few I did see, I never saw them tell a witness that their experience probably wasn’t a bigfoot encounter. Anytime a “witness” told them they heard some … [Read more...] about GRRRRRRRRREAT PEACE NEGOTIATOR (Cartoons, Column and Video)
Netanyahu poised to gain political lifeline as violence flares
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Civil unrest between Jews and Arabs in Israel dealt a strong blow on Thursday to efforts by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main political rival Yair Lapid to form a new government and unseat the Israeli leader. Naftali Bennett, head of the ultranationalist Yamina party and a kingmaker after an inconclusive March 23 parliamentary election, said he was … [Read more...] about Netanyahu poised to gain political lifeline as violence flares
The Big Lie (Mike Peters Guest Cartoon)
Mike Peters is recognized as one of our nation’s most prominent cartoon artists for his outstanding work as both a political and comic strip cartoonist. His favorite expression “WHAT A HOOT” certainly sums up his outlook on his life and work which are inexorably entwined. Mike’s warm, easygoing and zany demeanor is evidence that his personality matches his creative talents. As … [Read more...] about The Big Lie (Mike Peters Guest Cartoon)
How America’s partisan divide over pandemic responses played out in the states
The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have widened the partisan divide between Democrats and Republicans on health care. John M. Lund Photography/Getty Images Julie VanDusky-Allen, Boise State University and Olga Shvetsova, Binghamton University, State University of New York Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, a partisan divide has existed over the appropriate … [Read more...] about How America’s partisan divide over pandemic responses played out in the states
George W. Bush’s Warm Embrace for Immigrants to U.S. (Book Review)
Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants by George W. Bush; Crown Publishers 2021; ISBN 9780593-136966; 208 pages including appendices; $38. By Donald H. Harrison TMV Columnist –If this book’s title, Out of the Many, One sounds familiar, it is the English translation of the Latin expression E pluribus unum, the unofficial motto of the United States, which … [Read more...] about George W. Bush’s Warm Embrace for Immigrants to U.S. (Book Review)
McDonald’s-owned U.S. restaurants boost pay to lure new workers
By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - McDonald's Corp announced on Thursday a 10% average hourly pay raise at the nearly 660 U.S. restaurants it operates, joining the industry's scramble to lure workers back into kitchens and dining rooms as pandemic restrictions ease. The wage increases do not apply to employees at the roughly 13,025 U.S. McDonald's restaurants owned and … [Read more...] about McDonald’s-owned U.S. restaurants boost pay to lure new workers
Cheney booted out (Cartoon)
Explainer: How Jerusalem tensions sparked heaviest Israel-Gaza fighting in years
By Rami Ayyub JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Weeks of violent clashes in East Jerusalem have ignited the heaviest fighting in years between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. At the core of the violence that has left dozens dead are tensions between Israelis and Palestinians over Jerusalem, which contains sites sacred to Judaism, Islam and Christianity. As both sides … [Read more...] about Explainer: How Jerusalem tensions sparked heaviest Israel-Gaza fighting in years
‘She’s a hero’: Liz Cheney down but not out in Wyoming after crossing Trump
By Nathan Layne and David Morgan LARAMIE, Wyo. (Reuters) - When lifelong Wyoming Republican Tage Benson and Democrat Chamois Andersen met for the first time at the Owl in the Attic antiques store in Laramie this past weekend, they quickly put their political differences aside. Their home state's embattled Republican congresswoman, Liz Cheney, needed to be supported, they … [Read more...] about ‘She’s a hero’: Liz Cheney down but not out in Wyoming after crossing Trump
