“For more and more Americans, politics has become a religion. It has become a faith. People find their meaning in it. They define themselves by their stands.” These words weren’t written last week. When former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan wrote them in her book “Patriotic Grace,” the Tea Party didn’t exist and Donald Trump was …
Two years ago today … Thousands of insurrectionists attacked the U.S. Capitol and in effect tried to overthrow the federal government. Let’s be honest with ourselves. What happened on January 6th, 2021, was all about Donald J. Trump and his desire to be the king of the USA, and it will be a tragedy of …
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If there is one thing I really like about Facebook, it’s the chance to see people who really matter to me making intelligent comments. Whether it’s my daughter Pauline, one of my three favorite people in the world, writing about the difficulty transgendered children face in school, or my lifelong friend Mick making some of …
As outrageous as it may sound, it might be time to think about putting an end to football as we play it in the United States. The life-threatening injury to Buffalo defensive back Damar Hamlin in Monday night’s game between the Bills and Cincinnati has horrified the country, but it isn’t even the worst example …
It’s said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. That makes it a very smart thing for House Republicans to adjourn until tomorrow after failing to elect a Speaker on three different ballots. Especially since wannabe Kevin McCarthy actually lost ground on the third ballot. Nineteen members of …
“America’s noisy worshiping of success, its mania for ratings and rankings, the compulsive celebration of perfection in everything served only as a facade. Behind the optimistic veneer there lies an extraordinary fear of failure: the horror of going down and going under, of losing face and respectability, of exclusion and marginalization. It’s not success, but …
Who is the funniest comedian of all time? And what made him funny? I had always heard, but never really believed, that rage was the key. That only someone who grew up angry, or at least unhappy, could be a truly great comedian. If you’re American, you may not have heard of Peter Cook, but …
When I was younger, my grandfather used to send me his copy of The Sporting News . Those were the days when it was still all about baseball and I read it cover to cover every week. As I got older, one feature that annoyed me was Dick Young’s column “Young Ideas,” which were anything …
Apparently Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis are doing their best to wrap up the hard-core asshole vote for the 2024 election. DeSantis put a pretty good score on the board a few weeks back when he had his people round would-be immigrants at the Mexican border, put them on airplanes and fly them to Martha’s …
“Interstate 70 is closed from Gun Club Road to the Kansas state line.” When I first moved to Colorado in November 1986, I was always amused to hear that on the radio as part of the traffic report during snowstorms. After all, we’re talking about one of the four main east-west interstate highways, covering a …
