Remember when Republicans used to be the party of big business? When I was younger, folks used to oversimplify things by saying Democrats were the party of the union halls and Republ;icans the party of the country clubs. That doesn’t seem true anymore. At least when it comes to Republicans, I feel like they’re the …
Donald Trump keeps edging us closer and closer to the abyss. The only question anymore will be who goes over the edge — America or Trump himself. At a rally in Conroe, Texas, Saturday, Trump said the January 6th insurrectionists had been treated unfairly, and said if he was re-elected in 2024, he would pardon …
NARCISSIST — a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves.”narcissists who think the world revolves around them.” SOCIOPATH — a person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial attitudes and behavior and a lack of conscience. Sound like anyone we know? I’m pretty sure I’ll never understand why folks …
Anyone who is frustrated with the horrific state of television news these days might be surprised to hear who I think is to blame. Ted Turner. The Mouth of the South? Are you kidding? Yes and no. For a guy who owned the Atlanta Braves baseball team, who won the America’s Cup and who started …
“Suppose the streets were all on fire, the flames like tempers leaping higher. Suppose you’d lived there all your life, do you think that you would mind?” The above quote is a song lyric from 1968, from another summer of inner city rioting. The song was by Spanky and Our Gang, who had previously had …
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I did not write this myself. Someone posted it on Facebook three years ago. Someone posted it and invited people to add their name at the end if they agreed. I did … and I did. The only thing that’s a little bit dated is the references to TFG, who was president then. With jailbait-chaser …
Eleven years ago, I learned the secret of happiness. I discovered three things that if done consistently, would result in a perfectly happy life. Imagine my dismay when I discovered I couldn’t do them. Oh, I could do one of the three with no problem and another one most of the time, but it was …
I can think of very few circumstances in which I would cheerfully cast a ballot for Liz Cheney. Still, I find myself with some admiration for Wyoming’s only Congressperson, who has been one of a very few Republicans who has stood tough against Donald Trump. She is serving her third term in the House of …
