Tom Alderman·Jun 9, 2023WHICH WITCH AND OTHER FANCY FRIPPERIESFROM DOPE TO DIGNITY — Pres. Franklin Roosevelt’s family wealth came from his grandfather, Warren Delano, who made his megabucks in the…
Tom Alderman·Apr 4, 2023WOKE, CLUTTER AND OTHER PEACHY FRIPPERIESNOTHING HAS REALLY CHANGED — “The first duty of a free press is to make a profit.” Col. Robert McCormick (1880–1955) Publisher, The…
Tom Alderman·Sep 15, 2022THE INTERNET, TRUMP, WOLF BLITZER AND OTHER SEMI-DIGESTIBLE FRIPPERIESAN HONEST RUSSIAN POLITICIAN — “The Middle East is the testicles of the west. If you want to make them scream, that’s where you squeeze.”…
Tom Alderman·Feb 22, 2022MORE BIG LIES & OTHER IRRESISTIBLE FRIPPERIES DISAPPEARING WORDS -In most circles today, we no…CLIMATE CHANGE NEEDS CHANGING -No ambiguity about it, our increasingly warming climate is gravely threatening our planetary existence. And…
Tom Alderman·Jun 11, 2021WEED ON AISLE 10 & OTHER INSIGNIFICANT FRIPPERIES — What’s your guess about when you’ll able to…FOR YOUR APPROVAL — We like to name our generations or at least give them numbers. Ex: The Greatest, The Silent, The Boomer, Gen X, Y or Z…
Tom Alderman·Mar 13, 2021I DO NOT LIKE WEARING A MASK by Tom AldermanI also do not like eating liver but rejecting liver will not kill me. Rejecting a mask can. Masks are necessary. But it is also true that…
Tom Alderman·Jan 11, 2021JEFFERSON, LINCOLN, TRUMP & OTHER FRIPPERIESWHERE TRUMP GETS SOME OF HIS MATERIAL - “If people believe there is an imaginary river out there, you don’t tell them there is no river…
Tom Alderman·Oct 2, 2020EMBRACE YOUR CLUTTER AND OTHER IRRESISTIBLE FRIPPERIES…ARE WE THERE YET? — “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that my ignorance…
Tom Alderman·Sep 3, 2020BIDEN/TRUMP: THE FICKLE FIGURESYou may be among the many with industrial strength anxiety over a second Trump term. With current polls showing Joe Biden with a decent…
Tom Alderman·May 27, 2020COVID-19, THE GLASS HALF FULL……but certainly not for those of us who have lost loved ones, friends, livelihoods and equilibrium. The glass is quite empty. So what could…
