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 o’clock. That’s when he’s most persistent, following me from room to room or sitting at my feet primed while staring at me with … [Read more...]
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, technically they didn’t say, “The president’s tweets were big, fat, phony lies.” What they did do, however, is put a label under two recent … [Read more...]
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 a virus. Racism is a virus. Sexism and sexual assault is a virus. Disinformation is a virus. White nationalism is a … [Read more...]
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, completely bonkers alt-right conspiracy theory. But a Washington Times columnist has come up with a new one that is destined to … [Read more...]
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. Americans are great in a crisis. Always have been. We’ve seen oceans of kindness and sweat poured into preventing and beating back … [Read more...]
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 and personal product supply and TV news anchors suddenly look all pale, disheveled and baggy-eyed, in other words ordinary. That’s … [Read more...]
The ego that ate Trump’s chances in Michigan
In the musical “Little Shop of Horrors,” Audrey II, the man-eating plant, sings “You can do it! Feed me, Seymour, feed me all night long, ha ha ha ha ha! Cause if you feed me, Seymour, I can grow up big and strong.” Seymour obeys, and sure enough, the plant grows so big and … [Read more...]
Auchtoons: Suddenly, bailouts and ‘socialism’ are OK with the GOP
By John Auchter Admittedly, comparing the financial crisis that precipitated the Great Recession to the one we're currently experiencing is kinda apples-to-oranges. Different economics, different timelines, different triggers. Still, am I the only one feeling disorientated by … [Read more...]
Perspective, it’s a beautiful thing
When people think the sky is falling, there’s an obvious risk in saying “Yes, it is … but it’s also not.” I’m going to take that risk. Yes, the coronavirus is awful. It’s killed roughly 12,000 worldwide so far. But it could have killed more. Believe it or not, the world … [Read more...]
Come Heller high water … the zombie toilet paper apocalypse edition
Come Heller high water … Remember in 2016 when you said “Don’t worry, he’ll grow into the job” and “Hey, he led a business, he can lead the United States”? And then, later, when you said, “The economy is doing great and the stock market is all him!” and “Yeehaw, look at my … [Read more...]
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