Pugilist Ponderer Mugs

Fight or flight?

'Your hands-off approach isn't working.'

'I think things went wrong for me in the fifth round.' 'In hindsight, was that a good time to begin meditating?'

"With my boxing career, I was good at jabs and hooks, but my weakness was uppercuts."

"It seems my fear of death has been replaced by my fear of politics."

"The university said he was a climate change denier so remove the statue."

"According to mom the answers are all in this book!" "Too bad there's no pictures at which to look!"

"What was I thinking?!"

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

Plan to Split California into Six States Proposed....

The Lessons of VietnamThe Lessons of Iran and ContraThe Lessons of Iraq.

"I'm both too liberal to be preppy and too conservative to be trendy."

Thinking and thinking backwards.

"Those are insightful and legitimate questions about our country, Tommy, and if times were different, your mom and I probably wouldn't have to report you to the government for asking them!"

'Social and political revolution? Check out our 'Do It Yourself' section.'

The Politics of Food.

'THAT'S the Holy Land? - You're kidding, right?'

"These brisk fall afternoons remind me of Chekhov, which reminds me of Putin, then Trump, the alt-right, facism, nuclear weapons ... let's go home."

"It's great the way that computer algorithms allow the internet to feed me with opinions that reinforce the ones I've already got - all on my phone!"

George Orwell

'This should soothe any hurt feelings.'

'It appears Alzedo is toying with his opponent.'

"Is there a God?"

'Don't mind me....I'll just sit here while you work on homeland security, unemployment, health care and your many other prbblems!'

'Do you want to be red Tory or blue Labour?'

"Well, Mom, I guess you saw what happened."

'Perhaps we do need a plan 'B'.'

'Boy, that felt good! I can see why the devil has so much fun. And no, I'm not letting you in! But tell him I said hello.'

Answers to last week's brain-teasers

'The hippiest dryads were often farouche.'

'It's a real conundrum. Not sure if I should open it, or beat it.'

"Don't mention Pat Buchanan, pro or con."

'That's from the last year the data was available.'

A man holding a pro-life sign stands above a group of beaten people who are pro choice.

"Who has the most power... the president or his wife?"