“…and curse Sir Walter Raleigh/He was such a stupid git….” – John Lennon “…and the time will come when you see we’re all one/And life flows on within you and without you….” […]
I’m So Tired: of a lot of stuff…
Score one for the First Amendment: The Slants win
by Amber Healy In writing for the entire eight-member US Supreme Court Monday morning, Justice Samuel Alito told Simon Tam and his band, The Slants, that they were correct in their fight […]
US Supreme Court rules in favor of The Slants
by Amber Healy In a unanimous decision Monday morning, the US Supreme Court ruled 8-0 in favor of The Slants, the Portland, Oregon-based band that’s been fighting for years for the right […]
Where is my tribe?
In the last two days I’ve been tone policed for being unkind, uncool, and tribal. Mind you, the single person doing the tone policing had nothing to say about what I signified. […]
Rep. Clay Higgins needs to be prosecuted
If a person cannot see how utterly un-American this is, I don’t know what to say. We have a Bill of Rights for a reason. Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins, an embarrassment to […]
Bill Maher: it’s not the words he used, it’s how he used them
Our fear of the “N-word” only makes it stronger, but Maher used it for a cheap laugh. This is not acceptable and he knows it. Bill Maher stepped in it on his […]
Alamo Drafthouse / Wonder Woman sexism controversy: let’s have a men-only talk
Hey guys, let’s talk about this outrage man to man. Alamo Drafthouse is having women-only screenings of Wonder Woman. And across the country people of the male persuasion are losing their minds because it’s […]
John Oliver’s beatdown of DaVita reminds us: Richard Nixon was an American liberal icon
Noam Chomsky, of all people, has called Tricky Dick “America’s last liberal president.” Sadly, he couldn’t have been more right. Way back in 2008 I said this: If he were a candidate in […]
The only way to defeat Trump and his supporters
It’s about tribalism. You cannot work with Trumpists. Period. You must defeat them and then fix the problems that handed them control. It is useless to attempt to reason a man out […]
Live in a rural area? Can you find a doctor when you really, really need one?
The vascular surgeon who removed my gangrenous gall bladder last month received his early medical training in Lahore, Pakistan. He’s been a member of the medical community in my rural valley for […]
