Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

Don’t we all wish that we had gone to the finishing school?  Diplomacy is the employment of tact to gain strategic advantage, one set of tools being the phrasing of statements in a non-confrontational, or polite manner, stated Wikipedia.  Hungry hawk John Bolton was the top diplomat who doesn’t project such image at all.  An European newspaper [...]

It’s sunny and pleasant Saturday, yet I’m home reading my newspapers.  Yesterday rained so hard, the courts are still wet this morning, so no one is out there whacking the balls.  I walked into town, bought bagels and lox, kids’ favored breakfast.  There was time when I’m trying to be frugal, buy from supermarket on sale, [...]