Take it from one who knows: As a straight, white, Christian, right-wing, middle class male of European extraction I get told to shut up a lot. As you can imagine, this does not at all stop me from speaking out… … Continue reading →
I saw a production of “Jersey Boys” recently in southern Maine at the Ogunquit Playhouse. It’s still going on, but apparently it’s sold out or almost sold out for the rest of the run—and no wonder, because watching it is … Continue reading →
And the Democrats are indeed thinking about it. If the blue wave materializes in the House—and it definitely might—the repercussions would be great. All the investigations the Republicans have launched into Democratic machinations in 2016 would end, and the full … Continue reading →
This is a disturbing article on a lot of levels, although it describes a phenomenon that’s not a great surprise: the fact that sometimes a man is married to a woman who cheats, and sometimes that cheating results in a … Continue reading →
See UPDATE at end of post. [NOTE: I use the past tense for Khashoggi because the consensus is that he is dead. This is certainly more likely than not. But I am not convinced of it, because it has not … Continue reading →
…without actually doing them physical harm (that’s a different competition), Google executive David Hogue is going for the gold. I’m not going to reproduce what he wrote; it’s just too hateful. Follow the link and you’ll get the picture. I … Continue reading →
And perhaps the more wounded one, at least in personal terms. After all, Kavanaugh still has a job, at least: The Kavanaugh confirmation circus is over and the fighters have gone back to their corners, but not before drawing massive … Continue reading →
…are going to the World Series. I’m so old I remember when baseball players didn’t wear beards.
Continue reading →I’m not at all sure the Democrats are pleased about the timing of this: More Honduran migrants tried to join a caravan of several thousand trekking through Guatemala on Wednesday, defying calls by authorities not to make the journey after … Continue reading →
I’ve seen a lot of pundits referring to what happened to Kavanaugh as his having been borked. But that’s not entirely correct. In the earlier part of the hearings, he was indeed borked. In other words, his judicial record was … Continue reading →
I’m surprised this is even allowed on YouTube these days. I learned it as a little girl: This isn’t the version I learned, but here you have the visuals:
Continue reading →…with Farrakhan comparing Jews to termites. After all, he’s not on the right, so Twitter’s hate speech rules are applied to him more liberally than they are to those on the right.
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