Peter Murmann

I like Barney Frank more and more. When he retires, he can perhaps tour the country as a stand-up comedian. Here is his most recent humorous press interview courtesy of the WSJ. Barney Frank, the witty Democratic congressman from Massachusetts,  held forth on a number of topics during an impromptu question-and-answer session with reporters Saturday morning [Read More]

You dog lovers out there can appreciate the conundrum of having to answer the following question honestly: “If you had to live the rest of your life on deserted island, who would you take with you?” The idea behind this question is that you would have to make the tough choice of picking [Read More]

 

 

Ian Frazier has written a very funny satire in the New Yorker on the impact of global warming for hell and its inhabitants. Enjoy! THE TEMPERATURE OF HELL: A COLLOQUIUM According to the best scientific data currently available, both the average and the mean temperatures of Hell have risen 3.8 degrees since 1955. Although an increase of [Read More]

 

 

I no longer have the patience to watch Woody Allen movies, but his short pieces in the New Yorker are still fun to read. Here is a wonderful postscript to the Madoff Ponzi scheme that made many jewish people wonder why they would be so credulous. Woody Allen in New Yorker, March 30, 2009: Two [Read More]

Start the Fire By ROGER COHEN (NY Times) With apologies to Billy Joel, who’s more of a chronologist, and in tribute to a president, Barack Hussein Obama, representing a new post-cold-war generation of 21st-century Americans. We Didn’t Start the Fire (2) Bill Clinton, Tina Fey, capitalist China, O.J., Asia rising, Facebook, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Dick Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ugg boots, [Read More]

 

Catholic Google  is supposed to help avoiding sin. I don’t think it works. Try it out with your favorite sinful words!

A campaign is the time to stab your enemies and a transition is the time to stab your friends.