Commentary
Don’t tell my wife, but lately I’ve been frequent ing a strip joint. It’ll sound even kinkier when she finds out that the joint is a dental center, the stripper is an orthodontist named Michael and his best customer is a patient who happens to be me.
The following is an edited version of a letter sent to the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) from state senator Dan Wolf (D-Cape & Islands) and state representative Timothy Madden (D-Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket)
Her name was Maile Malama Kamehameha. It was a long moniker and it pretty well summed her up. Maile is a kind of Hawaiian vine used as a ceremonial lei and worn mostly by men — she loved ceremonies and always gravitated to male “two-legs” (as she called human beings). Malama means “to take care of,” and that was her goal in life, which she did perfectly. Kamehameha is the name of Hawaii’s first king, the chief who united all the islands, which suggests her strength in adversity.
TALE OF TWO CITIZENS
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Mucking Around
From Gazette editions of March, 1961:
Sifting Through the Muck
Following the rules can start to seem like a fool’s game when many in society begin to tout that regulations — any inconvenient regulations — are an affront to freedom and an obstacle to prosperity. Nevermind that a free market depends on a well-regulated system. This is true whether dealing with home loan approvals, oil rig safety procedures or scrutinizing investment results (Madoff, anyone?). The penalties for recklessness must be severe for the market to make sense.