Artwork by Michael DiMilo When I first started writing this blog, I informed my family over dinner one night that I was planning to post one semi-lengthy piece every week and that I was not going to restrict myself to a any specific subject area or genre. I was going to go where the keyboard …
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Our Pre-existing Condition
Artwork by Michael DiMilo The release of the long-anticipated Mueller Report this past weekend was anticlimactic to say the least: a disappointment for some and a vindication for others. The report contained no smoking guns or bombshells, but also no acquittals—a fact that seemed to be lost upon our esteemed leader. In yet another presidential …
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The Cost of Doing Business
–Artwork By Michael DiMilo Last summer, my wife and I had to pay a visit the local emergency room—nothing serious—and even though the treating physician was exceedingly efficient and confident, I couldn’t get over the fact that he looked like one of my high school students. During our visit, I asked him if he could …
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Schadenfreude
–artwork by Michael DiMilo– It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail. –Gore Vidal: I had a next-door neighbor a few years back who had to move out of his place unexpectedly. He broke no laws, he did nothing wrong, but still had to be physically removed from the building. He was a very …
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