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Don't kid yourself, all lives don't matter
Originally posted June 15, 2016. Reposted today as a preamble to Juneteenth. Remember, as you read, that this was written before any of us heard the name, George Floyd. The American Civil Liberties...
View ArticleJuneteenth National Independence Day
It was on this day in 1865 that Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that all slaves were free. That was two months AFTER the end of the Civil War and TWO...
View ArticleJuly 4th: Welcome to 'Merica
The featured image (above) is my proposal for our new flag because it's time to ditch that old one. How many people even know how many stars or stripes it has or what any of it even means? I may be...
View ArticleDays of infamy, like beauty, are in the eye of the beholder
If we learned anything from the Supreme Court's June 24, 2022 release of their decision to overturn the 49-year precedent of Roe v Wade, it's that one woman's day of infamy is another woman's reason...
View ArticleWhat makes a gun an assault rifle?
There seems to be some controversy about what is and what is not an assault rifle, not that it really matters what you call them. That's a reasonable question though, for anyone having no knowledge...
View ArticleUnexpected lessons from Uvalde, Highland Park and Greenwood
The mass shootings in Uvalde, Texas, Highland Park, Illinois and Greenwood, Indiana bear similarites to which our senses have become jaded and numbed. Nobody had to tell you that it was another young,...
View ArticleTo Trump lovers who haven't seen the new Top Gun: How was the movie?
If you think it odd to solicit a review from people who haven't seen the movie, consider one of the Trumpers' greatest superpowers; having very strong opinions concerning things about which they know...
View ArticleNicolle Wallace's former party is the same bunch of self-serving hypocrites...
Nicolle Wallace is my favorite ex-Republican, more than even Joe Scarborough and Michael Steele. She's obviously a lot easier on the eyes than Scarborough. Wallace nicely commands a 2-hour,...
View ArticleIs Mike Pence a hero or not?
By performing the duties of Vice President of the United States on January 6, 2021, Mike Pence managed to stave off the immediate demise of American democracy. It remains to be seen how long freedom...
View ArticleLiz Cheney is not the problem in Wyoming, mass Phukenutz is the real culprit
When I hear Wyoming voters refer to Liz Cheney as a traitor, my sphincter tightens. The only possible conclusion is that those people are just Phukenutz. To any sane individual, Ms. Cheney is a...
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