There was some controversy in the Production Meeting on Saturday. No one wanted to take things seriously in the wake of the July 4th holiday. There were memories of other smoking grilled outdoor meals, other fireworks displays and festive gathering we were fairly sure not generated by Artificial Intelligence. There had been a discussion with […]

Goodness, what a week! Management had directed the Writer’s Section to stay above the venal corruption which appears in our nation’s politics, but allowed as how we could note that “earmarking” is back. That is a process by which a member of Congress can append projects to appropriations bills for matters beneficial to their states […]

Morning, Gang! I you are back at work on this dangling weekday after America’s Birthday, our sympathies. If you are “working from home” or one of those other new behaviors thrust upon us, enjoy the time around periodically looking at the tablet or phone. If you have the extended holiday like us, we do not […]

This morning’s blast is not about our opinion on what the messaging is all about, since that confusion is what we are trying to figure out based on the messaging itself, not any criticism of the figures involved in what the messaging is about. Rather, it is an attempt to follow how and why the […]

Editor’s Note: The work-up to the Annual Commemoration of our Day of Independence. The Framers had declared something of the sort yesterday, 248 years ago, but the formal Declaration was still in preparation for one of he great adventures not in our history, but that of the world. A documents project was underway here as […]

You have heard the phrase. It is, from a messaging perspective, a pretty good one. It is brief, succinct, and can mean just about anything you would like it to mean, with the last line having a word that rhymes with “sea,” since “Ocean” wouldn’t work. We are a little disorganized, since that is not […]

Our thanks and appreciation for those who wade through the Socotra Dailies! This morning, we ran a fine piece from Arrias that commemorates one of America’s bloodiest battles at Gettysburg with a situation report from the current conflict in Ukraine. So, with the Supreme Court expected to issue the last of this year’s decisions at […]

The Temptations, Detroit’s legendary Motown vocal group, summed it up best for this morning in their tune “Ball of Confusion!” They claimed that’s what the world is, today. The leadership of one of the major parties seems to be in that position as well, with a possible decision on whether the candidate they support ought […]