Mar 14Republicans Declare War on “Wokeness!”In their perennial quest for advantage and power, conservatives are again fully indulging their penchant for oppression. Exactly Who are they targeting now? — America has many serious problems. The economy is on an unsustainable track. Social Security is on an unsustainable track. Medicare is on an unsustainable track. Medicaid is on an unsustainable track. Healthcare in general is on an unsustainable track.Wokeness9 min readWokeness9 min read
Feb 27A Forgotten Episode in American HistoryIt was 101 years ago today that American women had their voting rights secured! — Hello ladies. And CONGRATULATIONS! Today — February 27 — is a special day in the history of American Freedom. And you were center stage. Precisely 101 years ago today, your right to vote was secured! Perhaps you recall, you were not included in the original version of American democracy. Neither…The American Conservative5 min readThe American Conservative5 min read
Feb 27The Future of Religion in AmericaThe recent “Woodstock for Christians” has pundits wondering what’s next for religion in America and elsewhere. We might as well join the conversation. — The New York Times recently reported on an old time “revival” that more or less spontaneously emerged earlier this month (February, 2023) from a relatively spartan chapel on a tiny Christian college campus in a tiny town in Kentucky. It is, of course, no surprise that Kentucky, home of the…Religion20 min readReligion20 min read
Feb 25The “Con” in Conservative Media!Conservative media content is bait. And you are the prey. — If you watch Fox News… or just about any conservative media outlet… you are consuming “news” that conforms to what they think you want to hear. Think about that. You are not getting statements of facts, you are getting statements of contorted ideology, a potion mixed just for your sensibilities…Conservatives Love Lies5 min readConservatives Love Lies5 min read
Feb 23The Evil Republican Party!The morass of deceit and cheating emanating from the GOP has become ever more shameless, but it’s been building for a LONG time. — Ah, so it is revealed… (https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/22/arizona-election-fraud-claims-mark-brnovich) that the Arizona attorney general, a Republican, knew full well claims within his state that the 2020 election was stolen were total baloney. As in all of the other states where this demonic dragon of a conservative hypothesis took wings, there was not the…Republicans9 min readRepublicans9 min read
Jan 11Harry & Meghan & AmericaWhy are so many Americans rooting for the British Monarchy against Harry & Meghan? Like us, they are just declaring their independence! — I’m not a fan of the royals. I don’t care to pay much attention to them. I can’t tell you Elizabeth’s or Charles’ or William’s or Harry’s last name. Do they have a last name? As a family, they are only artificially interesting figures in the modern world, their “relevance”…Monarchy15 min readMonarchy15 min read
Dec 24, 2022In Epic Social Experiments, Prayer Fails!This Holiday Season — that of deep religious connotation and observance — several circumstances called for mass prayer. It arrived, but did not deliver. Floating along the incessant and not seldom turbulent river of life, still a bit smarting from smacking into the hard canyon wall of SEVENTY a few months back, I gazed around to notice society-at-large sending out the clarion call for prayer. …Religion6 min readReligion6 min read
Dec 11, 2022The Doors of PerceptionA Glance Back at a Singular Band & a Fading Era — Yesterday was December 8, the day John Lennon was shot in 1980. There was a bit of media coverage, but less and less each year. Forty-two years later, it’s not the dark, painful anniversary, perhaps for anyone, that it used to be. Hard to imagine…. a world where many young…10 min read10 min read
Oct 7, 2022Stop the Steal! A Football Analogy.Imagine this hypothetical scenario. Mighty Notre Dame loses to tiny Marshall in football. I know. Impossible. Right? Notre Dame with all its prestige and money and tradition and top players against… who again? Marshall? Like the department store? But wait. Did Notre Dame really lose? No, says the $10million per…Football As Allegory15 min readFootball As Allegory15 min read
Sep 30, 2022Everyone’s a Big Government Liberal when THEY need help!Ain’t it interesting how conservatives are so stingy when it comes to spending a dime, except when they will benefit… then it’s “Brother, can you spare a billion?” This dependably selfish, if not purely immoral, predilection is never more obvious than after a natural disaster somewhere in Conservative Land. In…Conservatives5 min readConservatives5 min read
