We go round and round about what is a right and what is a privilege. So much of what we argue involves money, whether tax money should be spent to help the less fortunate. But there’s one thing that should be very simple and shouldn’t cost anything in a free and peaceful country. People should …
WHY CAN’T AMERICANS HAVE THE RIGHT TO FEEL SAFE? Read More »
In 19 days, I will have been living on this earth for 73 years. I wasn’t alive for chattel slavery and I wasn’t around for the Holocaust. But I don’t think there was ever a time in my life when there was as much deep-down hatred, such irrational hatred, among Americans as we have now. …
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis appears to have three things going for him. First off, he’s not Donald Trump. Second, he’s sort of clever. Third, he’s comparatively young, a year younger than Donald Trump … Junior. Of the three, the one that may come back to haunt him is the second one. As with many conservatives, …
COULD GOP RACE COME DOWN TO GEEZERS VS. GOOBERS? Read More »
I’m trying to remember the last time I read a newspaper. That might sound strange. I subscribe to both the New York Times and the Washington Post, and I spend a couple hours a day reading them. So what’s the problem? The last time I actually held a Times in my hands was five years …
PAPER COPIES OF GREAT NEWSPAPERS BECOMING EXTINCT Read More »
When I think of the few current television shows I enjoy watching, it’s a pretty short list. In fact, there are more old shows I missed the first time around that I’m watching now then there are current shows. I’m in the third of six seasons of ’90s show “Chicago Hope,” which I remember liking …
IT’S NO ‘MASTERPIECE THEATRE,’ BUT I LIKE ‘YELLOWSTONE’ Read More »
I wish I liked horror movies more. Otherwise, I would be a lot more excited about the fact that Donald Trump is going to inflict another campaign upon the American people. His campaign kickoff would have included a perfect scene for a horror movie or maybe just a disaster movie. The room at Mar-A-Lago was …
Back in the days of George W. Bush’s economic collapse, a friend of mine decided to go to a job fair. He had a job of sorts, and the pay wasn’t all that bad. But it wasn’t officially a full-time job. He was what colleges call an adjunct professor, which meant he was paid for …
Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever be called for jury duty again. When I lived in California, it seemed like I was called every other year. The last time I served, over Christmas 2008 and New Years 2009, was the most significant of all my appearances, I had been a juror convicting a man of …
Midterm elections in the second year of a presidency nearly always go against the party in power. Often the reason for that is simply that people who were unhappy with the new president are more motivated to vote and those who were satisfied tend to stay home. It’s a little like the story about the …
Today is the day we honor those who have served our country in the military. In spite of how some people interpret it, Veterans Day is not a holiday when we celebrate those who died in service. That’s what we celebrate on Memorial Day at the end of May. No, today is the day we …
IT’S A CRYING SHAME MORE OF US NEVER HAVE SERVED Read More »
