Lifelong student with interests a mile wide and an inch deep. Autodidact. Pedant, hopefully of the slightly more pleasant sort. Sharer of things learned along the way. Lately of a creative bent.
Systemic tragedy demands radical media critique Once again, America is faced with another greater-than-1 body count. As you, Dear Reader, are undoubtedly aware of by now, tragedy struck yesterday. Journalists paid the […]
Everything is wrong with this story I’m not even sure who the most stupid party is in this story. NBC reports (if you can call it that): Supreme Court sends back appeal […]
Sometimes even I can’t tell when I’m writing satire I do napkin math. I like sloppy numbers. I especially like sloppy big numbers, where the margin of error could be in the […]
It’s not enough to complain and resist. We need forward-thinking ideas. I had an idea at work earlier. Good or bad, at least it’s an idea, something Democratic leadership seems to be […]
We need a new kind of hero today, one in keeping with the spirit of the times, a hero with today’s very best virtues. The greatest virtues. Heroic virtues like you’ve never […]
This jeremiad’s for you, babe I don’t want to be arrogant enough to assume that anyone is familiar with my writing. A few are, and I love you folks for that, but […]
If you cannot see that Trump has more in common, character-wise, with Biff Tannen than not, you’re not trying. That’s what makes everyone else think you’re really, simply just lying to them. […]
At the time Rose was executed in the street by unaccountable violent police state power, the crime in which he was in commission was the crime of…fleeing. He was fleeing. I really […]
This probably isn’t the best way to counter claims of #fakenews Heads up, Dear Reader. This is one of my weird process posts. If that’s your thing, won’t you join me as […]
Once again, I find myself out of step on the hot-button issue of the day #hostile Tearing families apart at the border? I’m out of step with this administration’s policies in that […]
