Month: April 2017

I didn’t expect Trump’s missile strikes to change much on the ground in Syria and, in a way, that was a point in their favor. So long as it was a response to the use of chemical weapons and not a commitment to become...

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with the Cold Spring, NY scene.  The photo that I’m using is seen directly below.  I’ll be using my usual acrylic paints on a 5×7 inch canvas....

Here is the CNN poll on intervention in Syria in 2013: I predict the Democratic numbers will be about the same, but the GOP numbers will be reversed and as a result the numbers will be closer to 60-40 than 39-59. What is...

British DJ sentenced to year in Tunisian jail for Muslim call to prayer remix Excerpt: A British DJ has been sentenced to a year in jail by a Tunisian court after he played a remix recording of the Muslim call to prayer in a...

If I were truly cynical, I’d wonder why the Syrian strike wasn’t put off a few days so that Trump could at least bask in the glow of conservative praise for successfully placing Neal Gorsuch on the Supreme Court....