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 […]

How do we start the weekend that book-ends one of our favorite holidays? The one we celebrate our Independence from foreign tyranny? We were going to talk extensively about the end of the Decision Season at the SCOTUS this morning, but it is not yet over. One of the major cases- one involving the people […]

The Court is wrapping up Decision Season with some decisions that have a significant impact on the way our Government has become accustomed to operating. And there is a little more on the surreal Debate performance last night. We will keep it short, and apologize for the intrusion. We try to only bother you once […]

You can imagine the blank looks around the picnic table at the morning Production Meeting. The Debate is tonight, and a modicum of suspense wafted from the steaming mugs of Chock Full O’ Nuts. There had been two topics under discussion. The “Debate” thing has been a matter of some extended duration since the surprising […]

Morning, All! There is a cascade of “news” this morning as we prepare for some actual news to come today and tomorrow. Those include some of the SCOTUS decisions that will affect the great power struggle about the next official to head the Government of the United States, and the debate between the two leading […]

Tough morning, since the Salts were out of shape due to strange dreams. Not nightmares, or t least not exactly. They reflected some of the wild discussion that commenced the new week that is likely to produce controversy and emotion about the events to come in this unfolding historic year. They were framed by the […]

Coming at Us from the Court This Week We talked about the last batch of Supreme Court Decisions last week. Now comes the week of decision for the last of the six. We take no partisan position on this, since the Legal Section was pretty stern about the matter. So, in preparation for what may […]

This started out with a somewhat anguished discussion from The Salts. We used to be minor action officers in the nuclear command and control business. Naturally, we were much younger and less saline sailors back then. Atomic weapons are a business for younger people. What sparked it was the opposite to the morning Production Meeting, […]

These are eight of The Salts. They are busy catching up this morning. Well, Splash is still dozing at the six o’clock position, for those who recall how to tell time on those circle things with “hands” that point but had no fingers. The other ones? That is DeMille at the “Three,” overlooking “Rhino” and […]

(In Arlington, skies are clear and bottomless blue. Temperature is 85 and rising, they say, to near triple digits. Water temperature, according to Prague-based Life Guard Pavlich, was 82 at time of immersion. Just about perfect). We do not claim it was a “Good” dip. It was more properly a decent wade, since we are […]