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

Salute Instead

Among the few things you’d think we could do

To bring some unity into our view

Honoring service is a no brainer

Yet it too falls prey to a campaigner.

No one should disparage or try to barnstorm

Any person who wore the uniform.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

The Test of Time

The world has changed over all the eons

For both ruling classes and the peons.

Great things have happened, and awful ones too

But through all the years one thing remains true…

No matter in times of good or bad luck

People always think that our morals suck.


Source: The New York Times

A Measured Life

Our world is obsessed with measuring stuff.

We have to be sure that we get enough!

From the steps we take to calories burned

There’s plenty out there to make us concerned.

But I think it has the reverse effect

If happiness is what we expect.


Source: Associated Press

Really, Russia is FINE…

Apologists for Russia might want to know

How awesome it is when you get to go

To prison for years because of the crime

Of donating money just one time

To a nonprofit that helps out Ukraine.

She gave fifty dollars… sure Russia’s humane.


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Passing Wind

Quite the setback for a promising firm,

It’s painful to watch the company squirm.

But they really need to get out in front

And take a position that’s pretty blunt:

Debris on the beach is not a good look,

But it’s better than oil in anyone’s book.


Source: The Guardian

Sleeper Cell Kids

Can you imagine all the confusion?

These kids have lived a life of delusion.

They only found out while on the plane

That actually they’re Russian… that’s just insane.

Could the same thing happen to any of us?

Do we know who we are? Well let’s discuss…


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Let’s Walz

At first I thought it was her first mistake

And that Shapiro would probably make

A better VP to get the job done

But that was before I knew of the gun…

The best shot in Congress, he also likes

Nature, veterans, education and dikes!


Source: The Wall Street Journal

Market Movers

Markets are fickle and tough to predict

When folks say they know, you’re gonna be tricked.

Sure there are signs and some indications

But probably it’s human temptations

That exert the biggest force on the change.

It’s fear and greed that make people act strange.


Source: The New York Times

Bearly Believable

So RFK really wants you to know

He’s not like the others, he’s his own show,

Independent in both action and thought!

And even when he might err and is caught

It’s not for something sex-driven and dark…

He just left a dead bear in Central Park.


Source: The Washington Post

A Very Good Idea

I strongly believe it’s one solution

Among many needed to fight the pollution

In politics and leadership today

To help us change course to a better way.

Both sides should reveal their entire squad

And let voters give the whole team their nod.