If we can’t have Liz Warren, let’s elect a president who emotes and cries.
The Poll (a poem)
I polled myself–a single throng–…
Warren is Back. Cheers!
After the media and Democratic voters of Iowa and New Hampshire sent Senator Elizabeth Warren out to get coffee for the cream of the Democratic Primary, the debate last night in Las Vegas proved that […]
Dem Primary: “Look! A Billionaire vs. a Socialist!”
Democrats in 2019, to beat Trump in 2020: “Biden or Warren?” Biden, according to polls, beats Trump by the largest margin, especially in crucial swing states. Warren, however, is more liberal, intellectual, younger, has excellent […]
The Pacific Returns for 2020
After a long retreat, a deep ebb tide of silence, the Pacific blog returns to regular publication for this momentous political year. The Pacific will remain “a still small voice” in the vast ocean of […]
John Bolton’s Wars (a poem)
If Rudy* is a “hand grenade”*Why did Bolton* send his aideTo disarm the whole charadeWhile Bolton lounges in the shade? Well, that is how his wars are made:From the safety of Bolton’s brain. Note: *Rudy […]
Playing God (satirical poem)
There is a new “Commission on Unalienable Rights” Investigating whether there’s a thing called human rights For aliens & atheists & immigrants & kids And anyone who alienates It by the color of her skin.
A Conservative Intellectual (satirical poem)
“There’s only one thing worse than being effete; And that’s being a cosmopolitan elite! What we need is conservative nationalism: America white or wrong! You know, imperialism.”
Anti-Heroic Couplets: “A Trump Voter’s 2020 Dilemma”
A Trump Voter’s 2020 Dilemma “Assuming that Pelosi won’t impeach, Some solution to my quandary must be reached: Having voted for a racist once, Can I now vote for a racist dunce?”
Couplet: “Propaganda”
Propaganda is hard to tell. Eventually, it’s “what the hell?”
Why I am a “bleeding-heart liberal”
To be “liberal” is to be “open to new ideas” and “favourable to or respectful of individual rights and freedoms.” Given the above definition, can a true liberal be a promoter or defender of that […]
Three Poems of Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Here are three poems by a neglected (some would say deservedly so) Wisconsin born and raised American poet– Ella Wheeler Wilcox, whose late 19th and early 20th Century verse is full of rhyme and meter […]
Couplets: “The Human Wall”
Because no one will pay to build His WALL– Not Mexico, not Congress, not even the Wall Street Journal or Faux News, not anyone— The PRESIDENT will send soldiers with guns To make sure Mexico […]
