I’ve been ranting (pissing and moaning is more like it) for years. I wrote a rant about how the U.S. comes out in the middle of the pack in whatever survey they conduct: life expectancy, education, infant mortality, etc. It seems like we’re always portrayed as a second-class nation, far down most lists, just above…

I find it hard to believe. I’m still aghast. But, I’m pretty sure it actually happened, and yet I’m hesitant to tell you. I’m so embarrassed. Okay, I … um … ah … I saw an interview with Reverend Al Sharpton on MSNBC a couple of days ago. The reverend was expressing how disturbed he…

      From Where I Sit From Where I Sit is a collection of the inane thoughts (those are the polite words) rumbling around in the tequila-soaked brain cells of Bob Rockwell, an old curmudgeon fighting a losing battle with the absurdity and the ridiculousness of everyday life. He rants about the stuff that…

Do you get spam? We (I blame it on Linda) inadvertently gave away our email address when we (she) downloaded something or ordered something from some sleaze who gave or sold our email address to thousands of spammers, the plague of the internet. We now get around 200 emails a day urging us to buy…

Did I just wake up in the middle of a zany Marx Brothers film? No, this can’t be. Yes it can. I still can’t believe we elected this clown1 as our president. It must’ve happened—everybody says it did—but I can’t, I won’t, I can’t, buy this narcissistic misogynist as my president. Presidents come with flawless…

This beautiful green rock, this small chunk of copper ore, has been on my desk a long long time. It reminds me to never forget where I came from and of the epic events that had such a major impact on my life. It will be fifty years this summer since I was deported under…

  a bumper sticker that says it all           The coming presidential election scares the hell out of me. I don’t know how we’ll get through four years with either of these clowns. I thought the primaries were high comedy, and I couldn’t wait to hear what those goofballs would come…

Hillary, the majority of American voters doesn’t trust you and probably never will. I read a poll taken before the primary that stated: 68 percent say Clinton isn’t honest and trustworthy. A more recent poll put it the other way, saying: 36 percent of voters consider Clinton “honest and trustworthy.” I can’t speak for the…

I still can’t believe I did it. I sat through four days of TV coverage of the Republican National Convention without packing my bags for Kuala Lumpur or calling the suicide prevention hotline. I still haven’t come to grips with the fact that the party of Lincoln nominated a narcissistic buffoon like … like ……

    Relive the Mexican Revolution in Bob’s gripping new novel   Bob Lockwood, a cameraman in the early days of Hollywood, takes us on a journey along the rail lines of northern Mexico as he films Pancho Villa, the unlikely governor, the respected and cunning general, the folk hero of his people. Bob is…