Question Everything
My latest column is up at AND Magazine! Here is an excerpt: In the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election, suddenly America has a new crisis: FAKE NEWS Fake news has been around for a while, but...
View ArticleFake News and Russia
My latest column is live at AND Magazine! Here is an excerpt: In their shock and awe at the election of Donald Trump as the next President of the United States, Democrats are flailing wildly for any...
View ArticleStreep’s Shrieks
Why on Earth should anyone care what some liberal actress said in a speech at an awards show? Hollywood actors have been saying stupid things during awards show speeches for decades, and Meryl...
View ArticleTime Gets Us All
My latest column is up at AND Magazine! Here is an excerpt: “This thing all things devours; Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town,...
View ArticleDemocrats In Denial
As a well-experienced observer of the media, I have come to a conclusion: Washington politics is peopled almost entirely by a bunch of spineless, whiny drama queens. They are bound and determined to...
View ArticleThe Same Rights As Guns?
If you pay attention to politics, I’m sure you’ve seen this image (and ones like it) floating around social media: Some reports have stated that this sign was from last weekend’s “Women’s March,”...
View ArticleThe Liberal Women’s March
Watching coverage of the “women’s march” this past weekend, I must say it was a fairly confusing cacophony of ridiculousness. Pink “pussy hats” meant to represent female anatomy. Insistence that it...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Freakfest
It seems that very little can transpire in our society these days without politics being injected into the mix. That includes sports, which seem to become more and more politicized every year, and...
View ArticleAlternative Facts
My latest column is up at AND Magazine! Here is an excerpt: In 2006, Neil Gorsuch was nominated to the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals by President George W. Bush. His nomination was confirmed with...
View ArticleFake News vs Alternate Facts
The Associated Press is claiming that the Trump Administration is considering mobilizing the National Guard to round up what they call “unauthorized immigrants” (because, as we all know, using the term...
View ArticleTime To Unplug
I’ve been so busy over the past few days, I haven’t had time to pay much attention to politics. Over the course of that time, I haven’t missed anything important, and I almost feel like my sanity level...
View ArticleThey Will Not Unite Us
President Trump’s speech to both houses of Congress was pleasantly presidential. While he did not compromise on his policy positions, he did deliver a message of unity. As much as the speech was...
View ArticleRepublicans’ Obamacare Lite
The GOP has finally released its so-called “repeal and replace” healthcare bill, and it’s a doozie. After promising for 7 years that they would “repeal and replace” Obamacare with a small-government,...
View ArticleEstablishment Excuses
As I wrote last week, Republicans have rolled out their bill to replace Obamacare, which is disappointing, as it pretty much amounts to watered-down Obamacare. They’re pushing hard to get it...
View ArticleLessons Learned
When the federal government hands out money to states & cities, more often than not, that gesture is a means for the federal government to coerce states into complying with federal policies and...
View ArticleSomething Happening Here
Stop, hey what’s that sound? Everybody look what’s going down. Death & Destruction The images from Syria are horrifying. Men, women, children, all killed horribly by chemical weapons. It is truly...
View ArticleUnited Airlines and the Heavy Hand of Government
By now, most people reading this have probably seen the video of the United Airlines passenger who basically got his ass kicked as authorities pulled him off a flight. According […]
View ArticleTime For A Change
A special note on this 4/20: I have never smoked pot, and I have no desire to. I don’t even like to smell the stuff when someone else is […]
View ArticleThe Science Agenda
On the heels of the so-called “March for Science,” Bill Nye released his new show on Netflix, humbly titled Bill Nye Saves The World. Right-wing media has been going berserk, […]
View ArticleTrump’s First 100 Days
I’ve always thought that the benchmark of the “First 100 Days” was rather arbitrary, but the media is all abuzz about President Trump’s first 100, in large part because they […]
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