Tour de My Neighborhood
Every year June and July come around. And with them comes the famous, weeks-long bicycle race, the Tour de France, prompting me to consider at last acting on my New Year’s resolution to […]
Author: James Kobak
I am a lawyer, currently general counsel at my firm. I have always had an avocation of writing essays for those increasingly fewer print publications who would accept such things and have had a number of pieces published over the years. My comic novel, Up Front from Behind, is available from Ramble House Press and on Amazon. I also published The Wimp's Guide to Cross-Country Skiing, also available through Amazon.
Donald Trump and the New York Jets
The New York Jets announced that they have hired Donald Trump as their new head coach. “Donald Trump is the only person who can look at our winless 0-13 record and not only get […]
Donald Trump Issues Executive Order Amending U.S. Constitution
I, Donald J. Trump, the most if not the only important Person of the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union with Fox News, establish a Justice system that will provide for my defense, and secure the […]
World Leaders Gear Up for Postponed Olympics
Many world leaders are seeking to inspire the confidence of their people by taking the opportunity afforded by the delay in the start of the games to master […]
Shaping Up to the Virus
Athletes have been affected in many different ways by the postponement of the Olympics and other sporting events. Some are finding novel ways to train during the COVID-19 crisis. Hockey and basketball players are strengthening […]
Playing With Fiber
High speed fiber cable networks. The phrase resounds everywhere these days, as ubiquitous as TV screens in taxicabs, as talismanic as the Google maps icon on our iPhone. Has anyone stopped to consider the implications […]
Oh, To Be In Greenland
Donald Trump has mused publicly about the possibility of buying Greenland from Denmark and adding it to the United States. But this is #Fake News, as the president himself might tweet. What has actually been […]
Donald Trump, King of the Mountains
Among his many striking tweets of recent days, President Trump today declared himself to have been the winner of the recently completed Tour de France bicycle race. The fact that the official records did not […]
Donald Trump Space Cadet
Was it in a tweet or rambling, wild discourse That the President announced a new Space Force? Why the push for such a costly, odd resource? A new role for Trump, with more false claims, […]
Bah, humbug: The Donald Trump Christmas Carol
Camera takes us through the doors of the offices of Scrooge & Marley. Donald Trump, playing Scrooge, is rolling around in piles of money like Scrooge McDuck in the old comic books. (Look closely enough […]