That Area Between Black and White
(This is part one of two. . .) For the first three or so decades of my life I learned to think the way I was taught in the midwest, to view voting day, if I bothered to show, as choosing between the “lesser of two evils.” As a 50-something now, I look back on …
From the start, Trump has been trying to convince his marks, I mean “voters,” that he’s some great deal-maker. So far, though, he’s failed to make any deals other than to sign the one the GOP Congress passed to lower taxes for the wealthy in this country so that everyone else could make up the …
A couple of years or so into a new age in America, and I’m still starting almost completely over every day. It’s not just that the mistakes, scandals, and decline are so fast, but that even two years in I don’t recognize my country. Or myself. The phrase “crash and burn” keeps coming to mind …
Attn: “President” Donald J. Trump, Vice-President Michael Pence, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Republican Party Chairperson Ronna Romney McDaniel, GOP membership, and any other treason weasels of the United States of America I haven’t already mentioned Re: The Budget and Economic Outlook: 2018-2028 We need to talk. This isn’t an …
Independence is an illusion. We’re supposed to be raising our children to be independent. We think that being independent is a good trait. And it is, but it only works as long as we understand that nobody – no-bo-dy – is ever truly independent in this country or in most of the world. We need …
There’s a weird trend now. You’ll find a short list of some ways this Republican or that made the wrong choice between being a decent person who represents their constituents or a greedy, reckless yes-man. At the end of the list, a relentlessly positive or downright naïve person brings up one not-completely-horrible-thing that Republican has …
They’re not even trying anymore. The CBO is out, and all that bullshit Paul Ryan and the rest of the GOP have been shoveling our direction about much-needed tax breaks for the middle class and the poor? Yeah, they’re done lying about that. But we could still do our taxes on a postcard. Never mind …
Weird things happen when you get old. Priorities change. Events come into focus. Life is like putting together a puzzle with no picture to guide you. There will come a point when you start to see what it’s probably going to look like if you ever finish it. There is still a lot of trial …
We’ve been taking some time away from the reality TV because, to be perfectly honest, there’s been no way to spin any of this crooked bullshit as anything other than what it is: dangerous and stupid bullshit (or as John Oliver calls the Russia part of it, “Stupid Watergate”). In an attempt to keep things …
We started down the slippery slope of ignorance ages ago, but this one should be fresh in our minds. Remember that con where the grifter sells you, the mark, an afterlife you pay for with “tithe” money your entire life? the one where you don’t find out that it was a con until you die …