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About this blog: The Raucous Caucus shares the southpaw perspectives of this Boomer on the state of the nation, the world, and, sometimes, other stuff. I enjoy crafting it to keep current, and occasionally to rant on some issue I care about deeply... (More)
About this blog: The Raucous Caucus shares the southpaw perspectives of this Boomer on the state of the nation, the world, and, sometimes, other stuff. I enjoy crafting it to keep current, and occasionally to rant on some issue I care about deeply. My long, strange career trip has included law and management jobs in two Fortune 50 companies, before founding the legal search and staffing firm Cushing Group, Recruiters. I've lectured on negotiation and settlement strategy, and teach graduate courses at Golden Gate University (Adjunct of the Year for a doctoral seminar on business, law and society). Illinois, Texas and California (Inactive) admitted me to law practice; I hold JD and MBA degrees from the University of Illinois, and a BGS from the University of Michigan, with Distinction. There -- Go Blue! Personally, my daughters are a lawyer in NY, and a pre-med student in NM - their lives-and-times often animate these columns. I'm active in animal advocacy matters, having led a citizen team that took Alameda's city animal shelter to a non-profit operation - we saved $600K annually and the lives of some 700 companion animals/year vs. the City's best alternative. I'm delighted with that success. My family has re-homed 144 foster animals over many years; we host four boisterous border collies of our own. Mostly for humane movement efforts, I was nominated for GQ magazine's 2009 Better Men, Better World Award. You may notice that many of my rants relate to critter issues. In addition to the Raucous Caucus blog, I frequently contribute to The BARK magazine, and am a proud Moderator emeritus on the popular news and humor website www.Fark.com. I prefer scotch over imported beer (Hide)
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Texas, Trump, The Case of Schrodinger’s Cat and What’s Next
Dec 11, 2020 11:13 am
Comments: 22 | Views: 3,974
Texas has always enjoyed an inflated self-image – 'too big for its britches' in the local parlance. Size matters – so coming over the Sabine River bridge... More
Dec 11, 2020 11:13 am
Comments: 22 | Views: 3,974
Texas has always enjoyed an inflated self-image – 'too big for its britches' in the local parlance. Size matters – so coming over the Sabine River bridge... More
Point/Counterpoint: Biden’s Catholicism a big deal?
Nov 19, 2020 7:55 am
Comments: 44 | Views: 3,737
Blogger’s notes: ==I This exchange is sufficiently off-topic in the Comments of the previous blog that it’s better as a freestanding edition.
I’d... More
Nov 19, 2020 7:55 am
Comments: 44 | Views: 3,737
Blogger’s notes: ==I This exchange is sufficiently off-topic in the Comments of the previous blog that it’s better as a freestanding edition.
I’d... More
“It is what it is.”
Nov 12, 2020 2:27 pm
Comments: 45 | Views: 2,597
Are you surprised at the President’s intransigence? Worried? Why?
The nation has had a sustained immersion course in the public behaviors of the... More
Nov 12, 2020 2:27 pm
Comments: 45 | Views: 2,597
Are you surprised at the President’s intransigence? Worried? Why?
The nation has had a sustained immersion course in the public behaviors of the... More
NO on PROP 22: NObody rides for free – Not even Billionaires
Oct 5, 2020 12:03 pm
Comments: 25 | Views: 6,562
November’s Prop 22, the most deep-pocketed Proposition in California’s rich referendum history (with a war chest of $184 million on the ‘yes’... More
Oct 5, 2020 12:03 pm
Comments: 25 | Views: 6,562
November’s Prop 22, the most deep-pocketed Proposition in California’s rich referendum history (with a war chest of $184 million on the ‘yes’... More
Doctor Angell (apologies to Shelley Fabares)
Apr 28, 2020 10:09 am
Comments: 36 | Views: 8,495
I've been impressed with the braintrust assembled by Gov. Newsom to address the Coronavirus health crisis. They are leaders in their professions - and parenthetically,... More
Apr 28, 2020 10:09 am
Comments: 36 | Views: 8,495
I've been impressed with the braintrust assembled by Gov. Newsom to address the Coronavirus health crisis. They are leaders in their professions - and parenthetically,... More
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