The IOC, (not to be confused with AOC, the young, energetic member of the House of Representatives who has established herself as an uncompromising advocate for the most marginalized), is a “not-for-profit” organization established in 1894. Perhaps at its outset, by reestablishing the fabled competitions of ancient Greece on a…
More than 400 pieces of legislation restricting, diminishing or otherwise denying voting rights to hundreds of thousands of American citizens have been rushed through 48 Republican-controlled state houses. Federal bills to protect those rights in the Democratic majority House and Senate are nearly dead-on-arrival due to ridiculous, outdated protocol. And,…
In musical parlance, Side B, the flip side, referred to the ‘other’ side of a 45rpm vinyl record. Artists’ album releases were teased out one ‘single’ at a time in the hope that the best material would entice fans to first buy the 45 and later pony up for the…
…Biden reminded our European allies that the United States of America is not merely an episode of Trump TV, he let Putin know that Russia is no longer in charge of US foreign policy, the Senate voted unanimously and the House, except for 14 cracker fucktards, overwhelmingly passed, and Biden…
Not a question, but an answer to a perplexing one. Why, if most of us care about fairness, truth, kindness, compassion and equality, does the contrary minority seem to triumph time after time after time? What has hampered that most basic precept of majority rule? Well, I, like too many…
greed /ɡrēd/ Noun intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food. It’s probably our most common, intrinsic trait. We leave the womb screaming for attention and sucking air in search of nourishment and then, for most of us, no matter our socio-economic roulette spin, we finely hone…
I’ve never been good at vacationing. I can only really remember one planned family pause as a kid. I think it was to Charlevoix, MI or Sandusky, OH. The five of us, drove for what seemed like forever in our two-toned blue, 1952 Chevy and stayed all together in a…
Even though this was my most fervent blow-out-the-candles wish, I’m sad, very sad indeed, to report that this is, unquestionably, an impossibility. There is no evidence whatsoever, that human beings have the capacity to even imagine such a thing. Since the dawn of our species-dominant, upright beginnings, our tendency has…
stu·pid /ˈst(y)o͞opəd/ adjective having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense Very likely, I’m stupid. I’ve read the articles and listened to wiser, certainly more erudite disdainers of derogatory name calling describe, often in great detail, the Quixotic frivolity of calling out those who can’t or just…