Opinion

#reverb10 prompt, day 5: Let go. What (or whom) did you let go of this year? Letting go brings a feeling of loss. Someone told me recently that any type of loss requires a period of grieving. Initially I rejected this. Why does it need to sound so terminal? No one died. How can...

The interesting debate regarding the extension of the Bush tax cuts dramatically exposes the divide between centrist and liberal Democrats. Good. It's about time the liberals became more assertive: Judging the significance of the vote is tricky. Accord...

Let's see what's been going on in the world since I went on holiday....I do have to say that I like almost everything Julian Assange is doing with Wikileaks! Governments reflexively and needlessly classify vast amounts of information that belongs in th...

December 9, 2010 - The sell-out by rank-and-file Democrats in Congress that will allow the Bush tax exemptions for the wealthy to continue, as President Obama wishes, is indicative of the utter abandonment of the liberal ethos that characterized Democr...

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December 9, 2010 - I grew up in Los Angeles, so the notion of living in or around snow was romantic -- the thing of movies. Living in Washington, D.C. for the past several winters has proven to be an entirely different experience. Don't get me wrong, ...

Wow! Forget seasickness - I bet the passengers and crew are getting slammed into furniture and can't even stand up properly!

El Marco at El Arco.Strange things happened onboard ship. I remember walking down the hallway near my cabin, and seeing five beautiful women approaching from the opposite direction. In order to make room for their passage, I dove into a doorway, and ac...

Dec. 8, 2010 - When you hear—"We have the technology, let's go"—you might perhaps think the statement came from a stately presidential announcement, like when President John F. Kennedy announced that we'll now go to the moon (with space technology)...

GENEVA (The Borowitz Report) December 8, 2010 - President Obama's deal to extend the Bush tax cuts for the rich drew rave reviews today from the wealthiest .0000001% of Americans, who pronounced the deal "a total home run." "When we first heard about ...