Cockroaches??  Now think about a cockroach.  Undesirable?  Yes.  Can secret themselves in places where they can’t be seen?  Yes.  Filthy?  I think so.  And on and on, as far as cockroaches.  I am comparing the IS (Islamic State), and its fighters, to cockroaches.  Unfair?  Who cares, as I am certain they don’t read my […]

  Naturally, mud isn’t clear, and neither is the Obama foreign policy.  Here’s a letter to the editor from an Aubrey Bailey, titled “Clear as Mud.”   “Are you confused by what is going on in the Middle East?  Let me explain.  We support the Iraqi government in the fight against Islamic State.  We don’t […]

  I was cleaning out my desk Friday, and came across a very old newspaper clipping, which I am sure dates back at least 30 years, but it might as well have been written currently, I am sure.  “In Beatty, Nevada, the environmentalists are trying to get the toad put on the Endangered Species List, […]

  As of Friday at 10:30AM, when I began writing this, the gold-silver ratio was 70.24.  If the ratio were 16 to 1 as it has been throughout history, (even in 1980 it was 16 to i),  the price of silver today, if the ratio were 16 to 1 would be an astounding $105.75!  Not […]