Recently, while lamenting the sad state of our Uni-Party system, where Republicans and Democrats often seem to be just two sides of the same Twix bar, my mind flitted back a few years to the halcyon days of the 2014 Idaho primary campaigns. These days the rancor, rampant dishonesty, hypocrisy, and general disregard for the […]
One of my favorite low-brow comedies is the movie “Airplane.” Barbara Billingsley, better known to us Boomers as June Cleaver, the Beave’s mom, answers the call to serve as a translator when an African American passenger from Harlem has a medical emergency. It is absolutely hilarious. But what makes it so funny is the kernel […]
Before you jump to any conclusions after reading the title, NO, I am not dissing the good people escaping third world countries like California or Washington. I have made a lot of new friends with the recent arrivals to the promised land. What concerns me is the latest attempt to turn us into California or […]
Bickering Mynah Birds are a common sight in Hawaii. And they are considered a nuisance. In fact, Hawaiians call them piha ‘ekelo (full of voice) and manu ‘aipilau (trash-eating bird). Ornithologist E. L. Caum described them this way: “The mynah is a perky, self-confident, pugnacious, and noisy bird, in many of its actions and antics […]