When I was 13, we moved from Ohio to Northern Virginia. My dad had been working for the Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB and was offered a significant promotion and a transfer to the Pentagon. His new job required travel, so three or four times a year he would go on inspection trips amd be …
Do you think Donald Trump’s so-called Christian followers realize the Holy Bible has a New Testament? In fact, I find myself wondering if many of them have gone past the third book of the Old Testament. That third book, Leviticus, is the one used most by fundamentalists and dominionists to justify prejudice against gay people …
There’s an exchange between Leonard Weinglass and Tom Hayden in Aaron Sorkin’s wonderful 2020 movie, “The Trial of the Chicago Seven, where they are talking about Abbie Hoffman. Weinglass says, “Abbie is smarter than you think he is,” and Hayden responds with “Cows are smarter than I think he is.” That’s a perfect way to …
I wish I could explain why I used to get sucked into doing these things on Facebook, but this one was kind of cute. It reminded me of the play for the big money at the end of “Family Feud” where one person has to give quick answers to five questions and then a second …
May the fourth be with you. No, I’m not lisping. To many people, including one or two that I actually respect, this is the day the nerds of the world celebrate the legacy of “Star Wars.” I’ve got no problem with “Star Wars,” although I think it would have been nice if they had spent …
Assisted living? Not anymore. Home again? To quote the lovely and vivacious Snowbilly T. Grifter, you betcha. After four and a half months of assisted living — which I actually liked — Nicole and I are back at our 16-year home in Sun City Peachtree. Why? Basically because she hated it and she got a …
“As I stand on the precipice of death, my perspective is enormous.” Sometimes the weirdest quotes get stuck in my head. It’s like musical earworms, songs that you can’t get out of your head till they decide to leave on their own. One that was infesting my head for some time was “Lemon Tree,” by …
The important thing to remember is that the man never apologoizes for anything. When Donald Trump goes too far, as he seems to do more and more frequently, he never admits he made a mistake. There are usually three types of responses. The third one was the response Monday when even his hardcore MAGA types …
When I heard that the man — and I use the term loosely — currently running our country (into the ground) was threatening to obliterate Iranian civilization, I was reminded of a very good movie I saw about 25 years ago. Director Rod Lurie’s debut film “Deterrence” stars Kevin Pollak as a vice president who …
I don’t always dream about dead people. In my most recent post, I wrote about how two people I love who have passed away got me to reconsider ending an important friendship that had become a disappointment. But most of my dreams aren’t about the dead. In fact, I don’t even remember most of my …
