First things first: Of all the strange and dark goings on these days, the thing that finally got me wound up enough to finish this post, which I started about 10 days ago, is the haunting image of Michael Buble, Liza Minnelli’s heir apparent, being stalked by a velociraptor. Or possibly several; they all . . . → Read More: Being Dick Nixon: Unwinnable War, Crappy ‘Health Care Reform,’ plus …