Month: May 2015

Vickers Retires Again

If you’ve ever read Charlie Wilson’s War, you probably have an indelible impression of Michael G. Vickers in your mind. As soon as I read that book back in 2003, I thought that Vickers had to be brought out of...

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Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.507

Hello again painting fans. This week I will be continuing with the painting of the Cape May street scene.  The photo I am using is seen directly below.  I will be using my usual acrylics on an 8 by 8 inch...

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BridgeTrolls: Wildstein Cops a Plea

I don’t for a moment buy that Wildstein is so stupid and politically naïve that he would engage in a political payback stunt with such serious ramifications for the general public.  (TPM report)...

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Do I Have to Start a Riot Around Here?

This didn’t just happen because people peaceably protested. Officer Caesar Goodson Jr., 45, who was the driver of a police van that carried Gray through the streets of Baltimore, was charged with second-degree murder,...

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Obama’s Gonna Do What?

As a former community organizer myself, I was intrigued when I saw a couple of different headlines suggesting that the president of the United States has expressed an interest in getting back into that modest line of work when...

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