The oldest man ever living died this week. Actually, Bob Dole was only 98, and he wasn’t even the oldest famous person to die this year. But for the last 10 years or so, Dole has been the best humorous example of extreme old age. Bob Dole is the last living Civil War veteran. No, …
There isn’t a more difficult job to do well than being a parent. That’s why people like James and Jennifer Crumbley of Oakland County, Mich., are such an object lesson for these sad times. Their 15-year-old son Ethan murdered four of his classmates with a semi-automatic pistol his parents had purchased for him just four …
I am sick and tired of listening to the gun nuts whine about their rights being more important than the lives of people’s children. It’s one thing to say they have a right to own guns guaranteed by the Second Amendment, even though it was never seen as an absolute right until the last 40-50 …
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“Apologies for the cynicism, but we humans have become so spoiled and entitled, we can hardly suffer a slow Uber driver, a long line at the grocery or bank, a shortage of nearly anything, or the slightest disruptions in our cherished routines.” There’s an old expression that I believe originated in the military. “Shit flows …
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“I belong to no organized political party. I’m a Democrat.” It has been nearly a hundred years since humorist Will Rogers delivered maybe the best synopsis of the world’s oldest political party. Nothing much has changed. Republicans fall into line like students at a military school, while as good a description as any of Democrats …
Woody Allen said it first. “Eighty percent of life is just showing up.” That’s why Republicans, who are definitely a minority, manage to win elections, particularly in years when people aren’t voting to elect a president. Oh, those aren’t the only times they win. Even in elections with high turnout, Republicans in many states work …
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Halloween was never a big favorite of mine. I don’t remember much about trick-or-treating, and in half a century or so of being an adult, I can recall exactly one Halloween party I attended. It was 1985 and I was living in St. Louis. Most of the people at the party were watching Game Six …
“Critical race theory is an academic concept that is more than 40 years old. The core idea is that race is a social construct, and that racism is not merely the product of individual bias or prejudice, but also something embedded in legal systems and policies. “The basic tenets of critical race theory, or CRT, …
First impressions can be difficult to overcome. Especially when they’re reinforced. I came of age in the late ’60s and early ’70s, and I was never a fan of stoner humor. There are few bits that are as similar to fingernails on a chalkboard than Cheech and Chong’s “Dave’s Not Here,” and I never really …
If America actually manages to work through its current insanity and at the same time manages to remain one country instead of two, it may require a small miracle. It used to be said that God protects drunks, small children and the United States of America, and if there were always serious political differences, somehow …
