I always thought Fargo was an interesting name for a city. Turns out I was wrong. I figured Fargo was the combination of two shorter words, because getting there from anywhere already settled was a “far go,” But the city was actually named for William Fargo, a director of the Northern Pacific Railroad and one …
Republicans just don’t seem to have any humanity anymore. Donald Trump already eliminated the tradition of being a good loser when he refused to concede his loss in the 2020 election. This year he basically told his minions they shouldn’t be gracious winners either. Wednesday evening on Fox News, winning Republican candidate Harriet Hageman, who …
I have been fortunate enough to have two books published in the last 12 months. One, a comedic look at professional football, was co-written with my lifelong friend Bill Madden. He wrote most of the original draft and I expanded and polished it. When it was published last August, and I opened the first copy …
I can’t imagine ever voting for Liz Cheney in any race where she was running against a Democrat. She’s a hardline conservative who voted with Donald Trump 93 percent of the time during his four years as president, and I’ve certainly never been a fan of her father. That said, I don’t think Republicans in …
We watch TV shows a lot differently than we once did. Back in olden days, when dinosaurs roamed the earth … … television was an appointment thing. Shows were scheduled for a certain time, and if you wanted to see them, that was when you watched them. Some shows would be broadcast as summer reruns, …
“It’s hard to escape the conclusion that the United States is coming apart at the seams almost as severely as we did leading up the the Civil War, and I’m old enough to remember 1968! “I fear that it’s inevitable for our country to descend into some sort of dictatorship-cum-pseudodemocracy like has been seen in …
American exceptionalism? You’re kidding, right? For all the talk about Shining Cities on Hills and Last Best Hopes of Mankind, our image of America has always had a significant gap between reality and ideals. Let’s start at the beginning, whether it was Columbus who “discovered” America or the Vikings hundreds of years earlier. It’s impossible …
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“People ask why the left is so angry: it’s because We understand how it is, We understand how it could be and We understand why it never will.” I saw this on Facebook this morning, a comment from my new favorite British writer. I can’t say I understand everything Steve Carter writes. He knows a …
“People, this is it. Leave work tomorrow as soon as the gun shop/Army-Navy store/pawn shop opens, get whatever you need to be ready for combat. We must not tolerate this one. They have been conditioning us to accept tyranny and think we can’t do anything for 2 years. This time we must respond with force.” …
Gee, I’m old enough to remember when Republicans were the Law and Order party. They won quite a few elections — including president in 1988 — by accusing Democrats of being soft on crime. Of course, back then Donald Trump was a Democrat. It’s easy to say it’s all about politics and that both parties …
