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When the Fabric is Damaged
I haven’t written about the Russian invasion of, and subsequent atrocities in, Ukraine. There is entirely too much out there, written by folks who are way more knowledgeable and way better writers than I. And I didn’t want to say anything that would have been said before. But now I am. My mother was born […]
A Phone Conversation Between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jiping
August 17, 2020
Vladimir Putin, relaxing at home by doing 10,000 sit ups, is interrupted by a ringing phone. He picks it up. Vlad here. Talk to me. Hey Vlad, it’s Xi. We need to talk. About what? As if I couldn’t guess. Our common pain-in-the-butt. Oh right, him. Trust me, it’s way worse for me. I […]
A Moment of Reflection and Self-Promotion
November 20, 2017
Taking a page from Trump’s personal Presidential Manual, Life in the Boomer Lane can think of no better way to start the week than with a bit of shameless self-promotion. So here goes: LBL does not like to occasionally trash Trump. She prefers to do it on a daily basis. To that end, she has […]
The Secret Meeting Between Trump and Putin
July 19, 2017
It has just been revealed that, after the known and highly publicized meeting between the two top leaders of the planet, there was a second secret meeting. Because it was secret, nobody will know about this until the New York Times publishes a transcript of the meeting and CNN analyzes it for at least 48 […]
Putin on the Ritz
December 30, 2016
The Obama Administration (yes, it still exists), after weighing all evidence presented by the CIA and other government-investigative agencies, has imposed sanctions on Russia for hacking into the DNC website. Thirty-five Russian diplomats have been expelled, and two facilities used for intelligence-gathering have been closed. One of these facilities is a so-called dacha on […]
Kevin McCarthy Steps Down
October 9, 2015
Kevin McCarthy, poised to succeed John Boehner as the next Speaker of the House, has just thrown the Republican Party into a tizzy by removing his name from consideration. The announcement followed McCarthy’s appearance on Fox News, in which he told Sean Hannity that, in effect, the creation of the (taxpayer funded) Benghazi committee was […]
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April 4, 2022
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