As a young sage I know likes to say, “It is what it is!” which, apparently, suggests that something has happened and we have to live with it. I guess that pretty well sums up where we are as we await the second Trump administration. Like many of you, I’m still processing the election results…

Like James Carville, Democratic pundit, I’ve been in a dark tunnel since late Tuesday evening. Even though I predicted Trump’s triumph, I had continued to hope that the Democrats might win. Somehow, I can’t get over how we could re-elect a president who publicly spews hate and profanity and instigated a violent attack on the…

Things look gloomy and overcast with doubt and disbelief. Fear mixes with anger brewing hopelessness and disillusionment. The forecast is not good. I’ve been out of pocket recently, nursing misgivings about the human race, the upcoming election and the treason of friends who have joined the dark side. I’ve also taken time off to visit…

It’s bad enough that we have to brace for another hurricane in less than two weeks, but the specter of Donald Trump telling lies and spreading hate about Hurricane Helene turns one’s stomach. Most recently, he suggested that Biden and Harris were neglecting relief to North Carolina because of politics, that they had spent money…

The election is over. Everybody but a few confused people have already made up their minds, especially since Kamala Harris replaced President Biden as the Democratic candidate. We just have to sit around and endure the barrage of solicitations and the partisan noise until November 5th. The fact that this election is playing out like…

During our retreat to Amelia Island to escape the ravage of the hurricane, we went shopping in nearby Jacksonville which has lots of stores we don’t have in the Brunswick/St. Simons area. We spent much of the day going to Ikea, Costco and Trader Joe’s, all of which were swamped with shoppers buying things. It…

The last four days since Hurricane Helene have been hectic, to say the least. The power went out here about 2 a.m. Friday morning, September 27th and didn’t come back on until late Monday, the 30th. No complaints though as things could have been much worse; there was not much rain nor a tidal surge….

As I write this, Hurricane Helene is moving through the Gulf of Mexico headed toward the Big Bend of Florida with predictions that it will make landfall there and head north cutting a wide swatch through Georgia. We are already getting some rain here on St. Simons and are bracing for serious winds and a…

In 1954 during the Army-McCarthy hearings, Boston attorney Joseph Welch interrogating Senator Joseph R. McCarthy (Wisc.) exclaimed, “Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty and recklessness … Have you no sense of decency?” Afterwards McCarthy, notorious for his relentless and reckless accusations about alleged communists in the government, was censured…

Most mornings, weather permitting, I ride my bike. I have a regular route through the neighborhoods, taking back streets, up to what I call Buckhead, a cluster of bars and restaurants at the corner of Arnold Rd. and Ocean Blvd., one of three main roads on the island. I’ve done this since 2020 when I…