I have been neglecting my duties.  My rants of late have become ever more random, at least in terms of regularity.  My excuse is that…

Beyond the Beach is the title of a new documentary film, as yet unreleased, from a London-based production company called Dover Street Entertainment.  I saw…

Scotland is lost to the United Kingdom. Nicola Sturgeon, leader of the governing Scottish National Party, is calling for a second referendum on independence within…

Trump wins.   Or so one might be led to believe on reading his triumphal tweets following the publication of the Mueller report.  “No collusion!”  “No…

Notre Dame will rise again.  Miraculously, some would insist, although that would detract from the efforts of the Parisian fire service which worked through a…

The worst news of the week so far – a development that will trouble the world, if not Israel – is the re-election of Benjamin…

Brexit is a television serial more complex than Game of Thrones, without the entertainment value of sex and violence. By now, in the normal course…

The Mueller report, to the extent that it has been publicly released, may have pleased Republicans and angered Democrats but it mystifies me. While the…

This morning, while showering, it suddenly occurred to me that this month, perhaps even this week, marks the sixtieth year since I joined the famous…

New Zealand, for pity’s sake! Nothing bad ever seems to happen in New Zealand – unless the mighty All Blacks rugby team has a run…