November 17, 2012 NEW YORK –  The US has lost one war and is fast losing a second, yet what really upsets Americans seems to be a juicy sexual scandal; beautiful female general groupies;   US brass in  Tampa, Florida,  living like potentates; the FBI investigating CIA; and the fall of […]


ROGUE REPUBLICAN Oct 5, 2012 NEW YORK – The two titans of American politics, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney, locked horns this week in the first televised debate of the election season. Romney managed to show that he was still a viable candidate in spite of a […]


November 3, 2012 NEW YORK –  “It’s an ill wind that blows no good,” goes an old sailor’s saying.  Meaning: some profit even from ill fortune. Hurricane Sandy (a silly name for a monster storm that killed at least 62 people and caused $20 billion damage) ravaged coastal New Jersey […]