Why

If you don’t bother to take the time,
To express your thoughts in rhyme,
The chances are awfully good,
You’ve not thought as much as you should.
Rhymes are fun and set the stage right,
Like lovers undressing before a fight…


Source: The New York Post

No Winners

It’s among the most complex issues today

And I can’t imagine when people say

They’re pro-life or pro-choice without respecting

The ethics the other side is protecting.

Neither upholding the law nor striking it down

Should result in these merry parties downtown.


Source: The New York Times

More of this too

DeSantis is no friend of The NY Times
So I’m glad to see it report on these crimes.
Until the media regains our trust
All efforts at healing are sure to go bust.
It would be awfully good to see Fox News
Pick up on the same societal cues.


Source: The Washington Post

More of this

How hard can it be to do the right thing?
To have moral code instead of a fling?
This man voted for Trump and wanted a win
But that didn’t mean that he’d then begin
To abandon all principal just like that
And acquiesce to the pressure of this brat.


Source: Fox News

Disgraceful

Yes I’m a big fan of our Navy Seals.
So it hurts quite a bit when someone steals
The honor and service that goes with the Teams
And then twists them into something which seems
To use that badge of patriotism
For its opposite intent – national schism.


Source: Axios

These Poor Kids!

First a pandemic creates some madness –

School is online with no friends, and sadness.

No one behaves with a whole ton of grace.

Finally when back there’s a mask on their face.

And now they’re treated to such a bummer…

After all that… they’ve earned school in summer!


Source: The New York Times

Being Dad

They come in all shapes and all demeanors

Some tolerate dirt while others are cleaners.

The one thing that we all certainly share

Is that there’s no guidebook to help us prepare.

We basically know only what we had…

So I hope I’m leaving a good guide on “Dad.”


Source: The New York Times

While Ukraine Burns

Life isn’t fair, any dad would explain,

But sometimes it really feels too insane.

After the Russians invaded Ukraine

And showered its people with fear and pain

Every oligarch struggled and wracked his brain

To figure out where now to go on the plane.


Source: Comedy Central

Good Guys with Guns

Mandatory viewing to laugh and cry!

Jordan breaks down all of the reasons why

The notion that the way we stop gun nuts

Is for good guys with guns to kick some butts,

Is about as crazy as it could be

Just watch the video and you’ll see…


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Dog Days

These loyal best friends will feel so cheated!

But man it feels good when you are greeted

By their unhidden love and deep, great joy

When you arrive home – they do not play coy.

Ten to one your boss will not feel the same

When you show up at work to play that game.


Source: The New York Times

What the Heil?

If ever there was moral hazard at work

I’d have to point out this Teutonic jerk

And everyone involved in paying cash

That rewards this prick and his Nazi trash.

Surely our laws aren’t so mired in s#!t

They couldn’t give him a job so bad that he’d quit.