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 Wall Street Journal

Yer OUT!

My bias is deep with piercing torque

What can I say, I’m from New York…

The Red Sox and Patriots and their stars

Are definitely not any friends of ours.

I can’t say they suck, because they do not

But cheating DOES suck and they do it a lot!


Source: Axios

Forbidden Fruit

I have to agree with William Barr

The good outweighs the bad by far.

Release access to the shooter’s phone

So we can make sure he acted alone.

Invasion of privacy is totally abhorrent,

But can’t it be solved with a search warrant?


Source: Associated Press

Maybe try to help…?

We seem burdened by a difficult past,

With the hostage crisis still an overcast.

But clearly Iranians are eager for change

And perhaps it wouldn’t be so strange

To let them know that they’re not alone

Rather than kill their general with a drone.


Source: The Washington Post

Fine, I still want that coffee

Internships are similar around the world.

You deal with everything that you’re hurled.

Usually it takes a good week or two

Before you even know who is who.

So now this kid has set the bar high!

Yeah, just find a new planet in the sky…


Source: The New York Times

Draft Dodging

The Commander in Chief had a sore heel

And gave some doctor a very good deal

To keep him out of the military draft –

Which most would agree is pure graft.

Without mandatory conscription for all

Declaring war is a moral squall.


Source: Axios

Glass half full…

Yup, it can cause some problems for sure.

Drinking at its worst can be the lure

For people to do things remarkably dumb

And make their brains go utterly numb.

But before we say it’s fully depraved,

How many lives has alcohol saved…?


Source: The Guardian

Another Brexit!

And another classic story of young love…

Bright eyed and hopeful they give a shove

To the baggage that comes with their roots

In a family that specializes in public disputes.

But perhaps they’ll realize one fateful day

It’s much better to fix things than run away.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Winning a Different War

Impeachment and missiles, what a mess…

So how about news to lower the stress?

Looks like some progress has been made

In that lethal battle, with many lives paid.

Cancer has killed us far more than war –

Hopefully we’ll see many victories more.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

The X Games

What does it mean to be of a gender?

Some, in their own, feel like a pretender.

Yes, that’s a terrible situation for sure…

And thankfully medicine offers a cure.

But does it remove all of nature’s gifts?

A transitioned athlete may get some lifts.


Source: USA Today

The Epiphany

Today is the day three Wise Men arrived

And found Baby Jesus had really thrived.

Keeping time with the Drummer Boy,

Rocking his role as the world’s first goy!

And what about those gifts they brought?!

Certainly more than just a nice thought…