Monthly Archives: December 2021

Money’s a bitch that never sleeps” Remember Michael Douglas’ famous line in the movie “Wall Street?” His character Gordon Gekko speaks – “Greed, for lack of a better word, is good.  Greed is right.  Greed works.  Greed clarifies, cuts through and … Continue reading →

Bethlehem, on the West Bank. . . . . .

At the wedding of my great-niece this past November There is nothing I can give you which you have not but there is much I cannot give which you can take. Take Joy Take Peace Take Life Take Heart. All … Continue reading →

Well the Omicron wave is upon us.  Hospitals are filling up. masks are coming back, restaurants and bars are banning the unvaccinated and Broadway shows are closing. Eighteen hundred people are dying each day, adding to the 800,000 already dead. … Continue reading →

Its been 80 plus degrees in Tampa this last week. Sunny.  Warm and somewhat humid. Not a Christmas with snow and ice. So this is ice!! .

Icy cold frozen moon hanging in a crystalline sky as it was foretold Tree skeletons appear if dead save pines and ivy holly berries red Snow falls on frozen water The sun is gone The fearful cower Fires burning in … Continue reading →

Into the mail box the cards are delivered, angels, a manger, the star and a lamb as the rural carrier makes her rounds listening to the plaintive sounds; the bleats of sheep the clopping of camels the shuffle of sandals … Continue reading →

  “Are there no prisons?” asked Scrooge. “Plenty of prisons,” said the gentleman, laying down the pen again. “And the Union workhouses?” demanded Scrooge. “Are they still in operation?” “They are. Still,” returned the gentleman, “I wish I could say … Continue reading →

So in the last few weeks we have witnessrf a debacle at the Supreme Court as Justices debated the likely demise of legal abortion in this country. “With stunning ignorance of and disregard for women’s lives, five men and one woman in black … Continue reading →

  Nine-hundred employees at the digital mortgage company Better.com have received an unwanted early Christmas gift: unemployment. The termination announcement was made during a now-viral Zoom call by the company’s founder and CEO, Vishal Garg. Employees on the call said in total the … Continue reading →