Tom Cochrun /Light Breezes

      This corner of the cyber world, the old blogosphere, has lost one of its longtime creators, and one of the truly gentle places in the ...

        A beloved California poppy and a few of his/her/its cousins lifted my spirits and changed my mood as I ambled the bluff walk.       ...

       It is time for all media especially those legacy news interviews and analysis programs, major newscasts, front page of news sites and...

Lee Hamilton 1931-2026      Any list of the greatest to serve in the US Congress will include Lee Hamilton.      Hamilton served with distin...

  The speech at Davos should be the breaking point. Everything about it is a warning signal. Everyone with an interest in tomorrow needs to ...

  I'm confident we need national therapy. The history we are making is offensive, brutal and in our faces, loud and ugly. I went looking...

     We are reaping the whirlwind.      This is why many of us, including the best of our national security and intelligence communities, di...