by LP | Oct 2, 2020 | Random Thoughts
Perhaps more alarming than the news that the sitting president, his wife, and other members of the WH staff have been exposed to and tested positive for COVID-19, is that the first response of some was not one of sympathy or well wishes for the afflicted or even...
by LP | Aug 18, 2020 | Random Thoughts
From the time of his election, the sitting president has received a lot of opposition, and protests started up immediately all around the nation. The attached picture is of student protestors taken from a New York Times article in November of 2016, just after...
by LP | Aug 17, 2020 | Random Thoughts
It is now convention time – and for the next two weeks, we will be inundated by pronouncements from both sides of the aisle as to the state of things and why their particular candidate should be elected.Here is the important thing to keep in the forefront of...
by LP | Jul 27, 2020 | Random Thoughts
It has been a while since I expressed a longer political view –– with 99 days to go, it is as good a time as any.A number of pundits and pollsters are reexamining the 2016 election and using it as a yardstick with which to measure the sitting president’s current...
by LP | Nov 15, 2018 | Random Thoughts
Consider the fable of the scorpion and the frog — the scorpion, unable to ford a stream enlists the aid of a frog who can navigate the watery passage. When confronted with the frog’s fear that while riding safely on his back, the scorpion will sting him, he is...
by LP | Nov 14, 2018 | Random Thoughts
In my older and more reflective years, to paraphrase Fitzgerald, I have had occasion to meet up with young men and women who are seeking advice as to how to find work in the entertainment industry. Their goal is often to get into writing, an area in which I have never...
