Commentary Say hello, America, to your next potential President Thursday, January 27, was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. On Saturday, January 29 and Sunday, January 30, in Orlando Florida, Neo-Nazis demonstrated. Now we all know that there are “good people on both sides.” In the spirit of that statement by our ex-President, allow me to detailContinue reading “Neo-Nazis demonstrate in Orlando; Ron DeSantis: Investigate “highway protest violations!””
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Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most offensive of them all?
News with a Twist Hint: His name rhymes with Red Ooze Did you ever think to yourself, after hearing or reading about some outrageous comment or deed from a Republican politician, how they get up in the morning and look themselves in the mirror? Like last week, when former Speaker of the House and currentContinue reading “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the most offensive of them all?”
Trumpsters, when is enough, enough?
Commentary Aren’t we better than this? Donald Trump appeared at a rally in Conroe, Texas on Saturday. Conroe is the county seat of Montgomery County about 40 miles north of Houston. It is described by Rolling Stone reporter, Steven Monacelli, who attended the rally, as “…one of the reddest counties in one of the reddestContinue reading “Trumpsters, when is enough, enough?”
Book banning and the American Way of education
Commentary The banning of a Pulitzer Prize-winning book in a Tennessee school district is yet another example of the growing deterioration of American society As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, a school district in the city of Athens, TN voted to ban a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust due to “inappropriate language”Continue reading “Book banning and the American Way of education”
The Greatest Football Game of All-Time will, unfortunately, be remembered for a not-so-great rule
Commentary Without that rule, the Chiefs and Bills might still be playing Last weekend’s NFL Divisional playoffs were astonishing. Four games. Four winners. Four woulda, shoulda, coulda winners but for one last play (except for, of course, the Packers, who absolutely should have lost to the 49ers). Winning margins of 3, 3, 3 and 6.Continue reading “The Greatest Football Game of All-Time will, unfortunately, be remembered for a not-so-great rule”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s Anti-Vax statements are both ignorant and reprehensible
Commentary How a man can so completely destroy his family legacy is incomprehensible There’s an old proverb, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” The idea of this “chestnut” is that a person inevitably shares traits with or resembles his or her parents or family. And then there’s Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. His “apple”Continue reading “Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s Anti-Vax statements are both ignorant and reprehensible”
Renowned presidential historian, Michael Beschloss, on the Supreme Court
Commentary Your choice: Read, listen…and weep I was plotting out a new, important story at the same time I was watching Joy Reid’s show, “The Reidout” on MSNBC. One of Joy’s guests was presidential historian, Michael Beschloss. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Beschloss, he’s a treasure…an historian with the uncanny ability toContinue reading “Renowned presidential historian, Michael Beschloss, on the Supreme Court”
Covid-19, Vaccinations, Mandates and the Incredulity of the Right
Commentary Mandatory immunizations have been a thing in the U.S. for over 100 years. Why are we still debating the issue? I don’t know about you, but when I was growing up I was taught that the law was the law and that those laws should not be broken. But now that I’m very grownContinue reading “Covid-19, Vaccinations, Mandates and the Incredulity of the Right”
Where were you on 1/6/21?
Commentary A year later and we’re no closer to the truth than we were on 1/7/21. While 2/3 of GOP voters believe “that there’s been too much focus on January 6” Many of us remember where we were when a significant event occurred. I only remember two. The first was on November 22, 1963. IContinue reading “Where were you on 1/6/21?”
Around the Block is back! Did you know it was gone?
Commentary As the SF 49ers play their last regular season game/first pre-post-season game, are they back too? Around the Block has been pretty quiet the last few weeks. Perhaps it’s because of the holidays. More likely it’s due to self-inflicted trauma after realizing, and writing about the fact “we’re not in danger of losing ourContinue reading “Around the Block is back! Did you know it was gone?”
Around the Block 