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A TRUE PENULTIMATE: Debate #3
While there is no telling what could happen between now and November 6, one could say that tonight’s third debate between Mr. Romney and President Obama is a penultimate planned experience. This is...
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MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK: one who “coaches” a completed experience when it...
It’s always easier to prognosticate and speculate when you have the facts. That’s true particularly when the event under scrutiny has already taken place. A Monday morning quarterback is one who...
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VICTOR: a person who has overcome or defeated an adversary
The words “to the victor belong the spoils” races through my mind as I begin this posting. It is usually employed to indicate that the winner of an event garners all kinds of wonderful prizes for...
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ARTICULATE [adj., n. ahr-TIK-yuh-lit; v. ahr-TIK-yuh-leyt]: expressed,...
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) has to have been one of the most articulate public speakers in our nation’s history. His ability behind a microphone or on the back end of a campaign train...
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MUFTI: wearing civilian clothes
I can’t begin to count the number of times I’ve heard someone say that “she went mufti.“ It’s not a mystery word. I’ve always known that it meant that someone was “dressed down.” But I’ve never...
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A LINE IN THE SAND: to establish a boundary that cannot be crossed without...
A Line in the Sand is a phrase that is so common that it takes very little explanation. It stems from the practice of creating a demarcation limit. Quite simply, a line is drawn in the sand and...
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SISYPHEAN [sis-uh-FEE-uhn]: an endless task
The ancient Greek myth about Sisyphus, tells us about a man who was sentenced to roll a huge boulder up a mountain until it could lodge at the peak. He spent the rest of his life pushing the heavy...
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PRESIDENTIAL GOLF: and the problem is?????
The critics of President Obama (there seem to be lots of them) fall into a variety of categories. There are legitimate critics who focus upon his economic, foreign policy, political, or domestic...
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WARILY: cautiously, carefully
The article in the Daily Herald indicated that President Obama and President Putin circled each other warily at the International Conference in China. Is anybody surprised? The flow of words...
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PERORATION [per-uh-REY-shuh n]: a long speech characterized by lofty and...
Every time I hear one of President Roosevelt’s speeches I am struck by the fact that he does little if anything to disguise his elite background. His speech is that of a man who has had a superb...
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