Santa Claus: Who Needs Him?
“My life is a lie! Somebody’s gotta get stabbed!” -Frank Reynolds, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (Disclaimer 1: I do not have children. After you read this, you will probably say, “Thank God.”)...
View ArticleDear United States Government: Stimulate This.
Earlier this week, Congress shat out a grotesque log of legislation so smelly that it temporarily unified the left and right in horrified disgust. If you were expecting government goodies in your...
View ArticleNo Vaccine For Thee? That’s More For Me.
The end of the COVID-19 pandemic may now be in sight, with two vaccines making the rounds and a few more on the way. As of now, they are only available for “high risk” persons (the elderly, health care...
View ArticleWhither Goest a Post-Trump GOP? Let Me Count 5 Ways.
Now that the Republicans have officially lost the presidency and the U.S. Senate, a big question making the rounds is: “What will the post-Trump Republican Party look like?” I see five possible ways...
View ArticleSo Long, and Thanks for All the Judges – Part 1 (it’s been a long good-bye)
It’s no huge secret that I was never a fan of Donald Trump. His bluster always rubbed me the wrong way, even well before he came down the escalator on that fateful day in 2015 and announced his...
View ArticleSo Long, and Thanks for All the Judges – Part 2
This is part two of a two-part series serving as a post-mortem on the presidency of Donald Trump. Thank you for coming back for more punishment. Last week’s piece is here. This is divided into three...
View ArticleHands Off My Hawaiian Shirts, That’s Not My Boogaloo
As a lover of Hawaiian shirts and rattlesnake flags, I was extremely confused on January 6, when a bunch of people wearing Hawaiian shirts and waving rattlesnake flags stormed the United States...
View ArticleT.S. Eliot is Wrong. February is the Cruelest Month
“I am so sick of February. It’s the shortest month but it sure doesn’t feel that way.” -Toby Flenderson, “The Office” I’ve never much cared for native St. Louisan T.S. Eliot. Come to think of it, I’ve...
View Article15,000th Grandma Accuses Andrew Cuomo of Killing Them
A sixth woman has now come forward to accuse New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment. But these are not the only accusations Cuomo is facing. A lesser known detail is that 15,000 elderly...
View ArticleI Cheer, You Cheer, We All Cheer for the Anglosphere
St. George’s Day, the national holiday of England, comes and goes every April 23 with little fanfare in the United States. And apparently not a lot in England, either. That’s a bloomin’ shame, if you...
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