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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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Pfizer in Major Marketing Push to End Pandemic
Apr 1, 2021 3:23 am
Comments: 6 | Views: 24,317
Fauci: “This is a game changer”
US-based drug maker Pfizer announced today that it has successfully test-marketed its covid vaccine in a unique... More
Apr 1, 2021 3:23 am
Comments: 6 | Views: 24,317
Fauci: “This is a game changer”
US-based drug maker Pfizer announced today that it has successfully test-marketed its covid vaccine in a unique... More
Crocks on Fox
Mar 15, 2021 6:15 pm
Comments: 36 | Views: 7,422
The cancel culture meets media manipulation. Stop me before I alliterate again (too late).
I swore I wasn’t going to write about this culture ‘crisis’... More
Mar 15, 2021 6:15 pm
Comments: 36 | Views: 7,422
The cancel culture meets media manipulation. Stop me before I alliterate again (too late).
I swore I wasn’t going to write about this culture ‘crisis’... More
Texas, Trump, The Case of Schrodinger’s Cat and What’s Next
Dec 11, 2020 11:13 am
Comments: 19 | Views: 10,761
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: 19 | Views: 10,761
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: 6,591
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: 6,591
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: 5,560
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: 5,560
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
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