Come Heller high water … I love Labor Day as much as you do. But for the sake of intellectual honesty, I wonder if it’s time to drop it. Labor Day was created to honor workers and labor organizations. But according to a new Pew Report, real wages (meaning purchasing power) … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2018
Auchtoons: It’s sick how unhealthy we are
Toon & text by John Auchter Sometimes the point of a conversation is to discuss an issue, not necessarily to resolve it. This goes against my middle-aged man tendencies. I'm inclined to want to find the resolution by providing the answer (or, let's be honest, appearing as … [Read more...]
Surveyin’ da Situation: But wait, there’s more!
By John Matonich I don’t stay up anywhere near as late as I used to. I guess as I get older, sleep is more important than seeing what’s on late night TV or having an early morning breakfast after a night of a few adult beverages. I also don’t sleep in anymore which is also a … [Read more...]
The empty nest years have arrived all too soon
“The last one is finally out of the house.” That’s what I’ve been telling people in a jokey sort of guy way, with the emphasis on the word finally, as if I simply couldn’t wait for this moment to arrive. But I don’t mean a word of it. When we dropped Henry, our youngest, … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the media finally fights back edition
Come Heller high water … Love it that more than 300 newspapers ran editorials today protesting Trump’s destructive “fake news” label. And when I say destructive, I don’t mean to media. He’s been great for media, financially. I mean destructive to the nation. We have no other … [Read more...]
