Come Heller high water … Spoiler alert: This is entirely – from stem to stern and tip to top - a Trump-bashing column. I would be derelict in my duty if it weren’t. If that’s not your bag, please move on. Trump is 99 percent bluff, but the one thing I don’t think he’s bluffing about is that … Continue Reading
Tempted not to vote again? Yer killin’ me, Smalls
"Fanaticism is the danger of the world. It always has been and has done untold harm." - Bertrand Russell Two startling factoids: Only 60 percent of eligible voters voted in the 2016 election. … Continue Reading
Stop making excuses, just wear the damned mask
More than 130,000 of our brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, sons, daughters, grandparents and friends have succumbed to COVID-19 so far. That’s already more souls – in five short months – than … Continue Reading
The return of Moon Dimple: Election Genius
“Well, I guess that’s it, it’s over,” said my back home pal Moon Dimple. “Some context would help,” I said. “You know. The election.” What I knew … Continue Reading
Guest Column: Relinquishing the safety of silence on race
By Bob Campbell A typical evening, Max began hounding me for his daily walk around the block. The golden hour for him seems to fall around seven … Continue Reading
Sorry, your right to free speech doesn’t apply to my platform
President Trump, who clearly never read Pinocchio as a child, is furious at Twitter for labeling several of his tweets as false. OK, yes, … Continue Reading
Coronavirus isn’t the only pandemic plaguing America – not by a long shot
COVID-19 has the floor right now. But it is not the only virus galloping across America. Guns are a virus. Hatred is a virus. Intolerance is … Continue Reading
Come Heller high water … the ‘brought to you by Zarbimmaflax’ edition
Come Heller high water … I have seen the near future, and as usual, it is dumb. It’s been minutes, possibly hours, since we had a good, juicy, … Continue Reading
Making it a priority to prioritize our priorities
Coronavirus has done far more than kill a lot of people. It has exposed a lot about us as people and as a society. There’s the good, of course. … Continue Reading
Notes from a Self-Quarantine: Who ate all the yogurt?
Notes from a Self-Quarantine … There’s a scene from the 1989 Batman movie with Michael Keaton where the Joker has poisoned the nation’s makeup … Continue Reading
