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Don Ruthig
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January 17, 2025
Class in a classless societyRFK, Jr. has an enlightening story about needing to get to Palm Beach in a hurry but not being able to find a flight. His mother, Ethel Kennedy, suggested he ask Donald Trump if he could bum a ride on his plane, but RFK protested that, since he was s...
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September 16, 2023
Call me crazy!To quote Royce White, "Please. Call me crazy!" I'm serious. I can't think of any other reason to explain what's going on in the good old USA. We're told that electricity is the way t...
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May 27, 2023
It's primary season again!The three-ring circus also known as the presidential primaries is in full swing. The lines are clearly drawn on the Republican side, particularly now that DeSantis has made his bid official, albeit in an epic fail of technical incompetence. ...
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January 31, 2023
No good reason for a Ukrainian missile crisisThose of us of a certain age remember well the Cuban missile crisis. I was a student at Toaz Jr. High on Long Island, a fortress of a school built in 1939 from WPA funding. I remember vividly the assembly in the auditorium when we were ...
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March 27, 2022
You can't help but be confused when a guy wins awards for swimming against girlsIn his role as Loretta's grandfather in Moonstruck, Feodor Chaliapin, in heavily accented English, plaintively states, "I'm confused." It's a simple line that always evinces a chuckle. Welcome to my world, ...