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THE MORE THINGS CHANGE, THE MORE THEY DISIMPROVE
I am painfully aware that cynics and critics will charge me with plagiarizing the ancient maxim of “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” I plead guilty on all counts. On the other hand, I will contend that I have improved that maxim with the addition of “disimprove” as a wonderful neologism.…
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CHICKENS AND CATS
My soul, such as it is, was tormented by the thought of giving a title to this essay. Originally I had planned to call this essay “The Chickens Are Coming Home to Roost.” Then it dawned on me that the Reverend Jeremiah Wright had used that comment recently, and the results were far from rosy.…
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LOVE, LUST, AND LARCENY
It is a rare case when I have the opportunity to write an essay on love, lust, and $65 billion in larceny. There is also the element of infidelity in an extra-marital affair in this essay. According to the New York Times, the Bloomberg News, and several other publications which appeared on August 14th, a…
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GREED GETS ITS JUST REWARDS
Two or three years ago, the stock market was humming along at somewhere in excess of 13,000. A good many people were working and prosperity was in the air everywhere. It was in this era of prosperity that the New York Mets, the New York Giants, and the local professional football teams in New York…
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THANK YOU, BERNIE MADOFF
This morning when Bernie Madoff was sentenced (June 29), he was given a term of 150 years. He is now 71 years of age and I doubt that he will live to see the end of his term. There are no two ways about it. Bernie Madoff was a disaster for many American investors and…
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A TREATISE ON BEING ELEGANTLY, ENORMOUSLY, AND ENTHUSIASTICALLY SCREWED
A casual observer reading only the title of this essay might conclude that the essay has to do with relations between the sexes. Anyone who knows the proprietor of Ezra’s essays with his seminarian background would dismiss that thought out of hand. But upon further consideration, this essay has to do with diddling. I do…