Lyric of the week: Standing in the middle of nowhere Wondering how to begin Lost between tomorrow and yesterday Between now and then And now we’re back where we started Here we go round again Day after day I get up and I say I better do it again” — The Kinks, “Do It Again” …
Happy New Year, For The Tides They Are A-Changing
by | 2018-12-31 | 2 Comments
Quote of the week: “We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand — and melting like a snowflake.” — Sir Francis Bacon Note to ACW Readers: With apologies and gratitude to Bob Dylan, whose ten-year old Tennessee bourbon, Heaven’s Door, is worth sampling. Come gather ‘round lobbyists Wherever you roam And admit …
Arms Control and the Aging Process
by | 2018-12-24 | 2 Comments
Lyric of the week: And the men who spurred us on Sit in judgement of all wrong They decide and the shotgun sings the song … Pick up my guitar and play Just like yesterday Then I’ll get on my knees and pray We don’t get fooled again — The Who, “Don’t Get Fooled Again” …
The Highly Questionable Case for New Low-Yield Options
by | 2018-12-17 | 4 Comments
Quote of the week: “We do not yet know surely in what proportion unreasonable fears and twisted hopes are at the root of the perverted policy now followed by the Kremlin. Assuming both to be involved, we must disarm the fears and disappoint the hopes.” — Henry L. Stimson, “The Challenge to Americans,” Foreign Affairs, …
