4 days agoAnointed By GodH.L. Mencken wrote, “Religion is the final refuge of the scoundrel.” The scoundrel residing at Mar-a-Lago is currently under siege. What better way to expiate past sins than to claim divine calling? Lauren Bobert, the rootin’ tootin’ gun advocate congresswoman from Colorado spoke at a church last weekend. Possibly anticipating…Lauren Boebert3 min read
5 days agoThe D.C. SupremesThe “hits” just keep on coming for the Supremes — not the ’60s singing group created by Berry Gordy with a big assist from Smokey Robinson but the 2022 judging group created by Donald Trump with a big assist from Mitch McConnell. In fact, the D.C. …Supreme Court3 min read
6 days agoOne in TwentySmarter people and better writers than I have beaten last week’s Supreme Court decisions to death. “This set women’s rights back 150 years!” Is an exaggeration, but the Dobbs decision certainly turned back the calendar to the early ’60s. I know because I was there. Every year of high school…Abortion2 min read
Jun 24Agree with ClarenceI can’t believe that I actually agree with Clarence Thomas. Yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling struck down New York’s 105 (!) year old law requiring citizens to demonstrate a “special need” in order to carry firearms in public. Police and security personnel automatically qualify as do hunters during season. That crazy-eyed…Gun Control2 min read
Jun 23Creative WritingColleges and graduate schools spewed hundreds of Creative Writing majors into the world this year. Every one of them imagined themselves as the next Arthur Miller achieving immortality with “Death of a Salesman”. More realistically, some looked at “serious” TV and saw themselves the next David E. Kelley still raking…Creative Writing2 min read
Jun 23Conspiracy TheoryConspiracy theories are not the exclusive property of Q Anon or the Republican Party. Hillary Clinton runs a child sex trafficking ring out of a D.C. pizza shop? Jan 6 was staged with actors and was “legitimate political discourse”? Conspiracy theories also spring from The Left. The Washington Post published…Conspiracy Theories3 min read
Jun 22Panelist TryoutAt the conclusion of NPR’s “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me”, Host Peter Sagal states an absurd, though true, snippet from the week’s news and asks the panel, “What will happen next?” …Wait Wait Dont Tell Me2 min read
Jun 20God’s PlanWhen “thoughts and prayers” from government officials fail to comfort family members of mass shooting victims, “God’s Plan” often works. Ken Paxton is Texas Attorney General, its highest -ranking law enforcement official and technically the boss of those cops who waited for an hour outside the Uvalde classroom while kids…Texas2 min read
Jun 17The Numbers Don’t Add UpSometimes the numbers just don’t add up. Cindy O’Brien Allentown Coordinator of the Campaign for Abortion-Free Cities wrote an Op-Ed in yesterday’s paper. Cindy began, “A baby girl was born in Allentown a few days ago. …Abortion2 min read
Jun 17“Do” SomethingCan it be that some form of gun control will pass the US Senate this month? After the Buffalo and Uvalde tragedies, Mitch McConnell gave his blessing for a bipartisan panel of Senators to attempt to write some sort of Gun Control Bill. …Guns2 min read