Боб Лэнкстер возвращается к политическому анализу спустя десятилетие после ухода из журналистики

A decade after retirement, Bob Lancaster returns to the keyboard with an assessment of the Arkansas Senate race. Bob Lancaster Banned in 2018 Here’s some arcana reeking of 2017 that I’m banning from consideration, attention, even out-loud mention in 2018. I’m unfriending all this 2017-reminding shit. It’s dead to me in 2018. Wretched rez I had some New Year’s Rez(olutions) for 2016 but that ship sailed so I’m renaming them my Spring Rez or my All-Occasion Whatevers and sending them along. On black history If you’re going to devote an entire month to appreciating the history of a color, it might as well be the color black. Lancaster: Just like Hitler I remember in the famous book “Brave New World” how they worshipped Henry Ford where it had once been God, so they’d say “Oh Ford!” instead of “Oh God!” and on their Facebook and phone texts it would’ve been OMF instead of OMG. But Henry Ford never caught on as a deity so we still have OMG. Did the alien pack? I’ve never been drawn to conspiracy theories, but I kinda like this latest one — the one claiming that the recent massacre of school children in Newtown, Conn., never happened. Piling on the reps Last week I promised in 2013 to give only serious consideration to serious topics in this space. OK, I’ve got the serious topic — contempt for Congress. Not contempt of Congress, which you can go to prison for. Contempt for, an American given, held steadily, resolutely, justifiably for more than 200 years. Getting serious One of my resolutions for the new year is to fill this space only with serious commentary. No more frivolity here. There’s been entirely too much of that for 20 years now. Predicting 2013 Here are some predictions for the coming year. On the whole, the list looks pretty encouraging, following all the doom and gloom of 2012.