Loring MandelA Colorful Bouquet of IdiociesWe make people safer when everyone carries a loaded gun.Oct 26, 2017Oct 26, 2017
Loring MandelA Place to Stand“Give me a place to stand, and I shall move the world” — Archimedes of SyracuseJul 7, 2017Jul 7, 2017
Loring MandelA Confederacy of Liars“The French don’t care what they do actually, as long as they pronounce it properly” (Alan Jay Lerner)May 12, 2017May 12, 2017
Loring MandelKOJAK, AND THE POLITICAL LENS“Kojak” was a police procedural series that ran successfully for six years on CBS. While not derogating its other qualities, the popularity…Apr 1, 2017Apr 1, 2017
Loring MandelTHE RUST BELT DRANK THE KOOL-AID There’s no doubt now that the discontented and underemployed who have lived to witness the degradation of America’s manufacturing base…Mar 21, 2017Mar 21, 2017
Loring MandelThe Republican Party has Morphed into Eddie HaskellThat smarmy character from “Leave It To Beaver” always knew the fulsomely right thing to say, but his actions were relentlessly crass…Feb 3, 2017Feb 3, 2017
Loring MandelThe Frog Notices the Water’s Getting HotDonald Trump has promised to reduce regulations, and he has started by increasing them. His presidential order that prevents any release to…Jan 25, 2017Jan 25, 2017
Loring MandelGood Actors, Bad Actors and the Art of SimulationThe search for nobility in our political life has come up virtually empty. I use the adjective “virtually” because someone may well come up…Jan 18, 2017Jan 18, 2017
Loring MandelToo Many Fingers On The ScaleIt pays, in these days of humiliation, to take the long view. The sun is en route to exploding, and in terms of the sidereal calendar…Nov 16, 2016Nov 16, 2016