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 Atlantic

After a long day…

Does it really come as any surprise

They’re the hardest drinkers under the skies?

Rodents by nature, they’re in the Rat Race

They’re always wearing the toughest Game Face.

They just can’t jump off that treadmill they use…

It’s no wonder at all they can handle their booze!


Source: US News & World Report

Conservative? Umm…

A pillar of conservative thinking

Is that the government should be shrinking.

With business it should stay out of the way

And let the markets behave as they may.

Yet here comes Ron with gross interference!

This restricts business… and lacks coherence.


Source: The New York Times

Let’s be serious. It matters.

Enough with the talk about civil war…

And referencing Hitler and Nazi lore…

And that the Left wants communist pillars…

And that the Right are all racist killers…

Unity is not what politics is about,

But democracy needs grace and reason to sprout.


Source: The Financial Times

Boris not Boring

Early in Lockdown he made a bad call…

Of course, back then we knew nothing at all.

Like one question we would reasonably ask:

How important is it to wear a mask?

“Thee not me” culture truly sucks so bad,

But to resign over this would be just mad.


Source: NBC News

Why aren’t there more?

Yes the truth hurts but it can set you free.
It all depends on who you want to be.
If you’re insecure and out for yourself
You put national interests on the shelf
And promote more nonsense backing your greed.
Real leaders address what the people need.


Source: The New York Times

It takes a pandemic…?

Of course it’s a privilege to have a choice

And few folks are able to heed the voice

That wants them to quit because of their boss

Who always sees lines and decides to cross…

So what a shame it takes a global plague

To stand up to abuse without being vague.


Source: News Thump

Oui oui, c’est vrai!

While Novak is held in quarantine

A new French player has come on the scene!

He is little known but is fully vaxxed

And Mon Dieu does he ever seem relaxed!

I like his chances at winning it all

The brash newcomer from the land of Gaul…


Source: The Daily Beast

Pop goes the weasel

It’s painful to watch and it makes me cringe

Seeing Ted Cruz court the lunatic fringe.

I truly don’t know how he sleeps at night

Since he stands for nothing at all that’s right.

Whether or not you agree with his views

He’s a spineless sycophant of Fox News.


Source: The New York Times

The Beagle Play

Omicron may be kind of a blessing

And could help us all begin addressing

The reality that covid’s here to stay

And we’ll have to live with it every day.

For those who are vaxxed it’s now just a pest.

We can let evolution do the rest.


Source: The Economist

Stop the Squeal

One year has passed but not much has changed.

Response to this treason is really deranged.

We can go back in time to find people to blame…

Sure, saying “deplorables” was truly a shame.

But there’s only one person who caused this wreck:

Yes, Donald J. Trump, that pain in the neck.