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January 2025

January 18, 2025

All for the Love of Money

I'm not going to watch the inauguration. I don't see why anyone would. We...

October 2024

October 30, 2024

My Election Day Predictions

All right, everybody, gather round. It's less than a week before election day. Time for...

October 24, 2024

A Man Who Admires Hitler Must Never Be President Again

I remember going to the Holocaust Memorial and seeing the pile of shoes. I...

October 21, 2024

An Interview, A Deep Fryer, and Arnold Palmer

We've got two weeks left. As I write this it's Monday night. As you read...

October 14, 2024

We Have A Choice Between Democracy And Fascism

It's time for another politics update! In case you're just joining me, I've been...

September 2024

September 20, 2024

On the Death of Amber Thurman

Amber Thurman should not be dead. Amber Thurman is a woman whose name has been...

September 19, 2024

A Liar, A Scandal, and the Party of Family Values

It's time to talk politics again. I don't even know where to start. I...

September 17, 2024

A Word to my Readers in Ohio

I have a message for all of my readers in Ohio. And if you...

September 12, 2024

Ohio, And America, Deserve Better than J. D. Vance

Today I am angry. Yesterday, I tried to lay out the origins of the...

September 03, 2024

An Interview, A Bully, and More on that Cemetery Visit

It's time to talk about the election again! I'm trying to do one post...

August 2024

August 27, 2024

Let’s Talk About Ohio Issue One for 2024

All right, let's talk about politics: but this time, I need to take a...

August 23, 2024

A Conference, A Family, and a Doughnut Shop

Alrighty, it's time for another politics update! Please refer back to my politics boilerplate:...

August 22, 2024

No, Tim Walz Did Not Legalize Infanticide

Just a warning to my readers who have suffered trauma from infant loss or...

August 19, 2024

On Tacos, Groceries, and the Medal of Honor

It's time to talk about politics once again. As I write this, the Democratic...

August 15, 2024

On Grandmothers, Capitalism, and Trump’s New Lisp

It's time to talk about politics yet again. I'm trying to make the politics...

August 09, 2024

Would the Real Party of Family Values Please Stand Up?

It's time for anther politics update. Remember last week, when I said "Every single...

August 01, 2024

A Concert, An Interview, and Chocolate Milk

I don't even know where to begin. Every single time I write a paragraph about...

July 2024

July 16, 2024

Another Word on Saturday’s Assassination Attempt

The news is moving at a breakneck pace, so I just want to quickly write...

July 15, 2024

Trump Selects Vance, And I Have Questions

And we're back to the races. I have a few more things to say...

June 2024

June 28, 2024

My Take on Tonight’s Trump Biden Debate

Yes, I watched the CNN debate. It's a choice I'll regret for the rest of...

June 26, 2024

TV Isn’t Real: A Review of “Apprentice in Wonderland”

I just finished reading Apprentice in Wonderland: How Donald Trump and Mark Burnett Took...

August 2023

August 28, 2023

We Need To Stop Giving Crackpots a Platform

I've already given you my opinion of the second string Republican presidential candidates-- the...

August 16, 2023

A Fourth Indictment for a Would-Be Tyrant

During the third Trump arraignment, I took Adrienne swimming. I was tired of seeing...

August 07, 2023

Let’s Talk About Ohio Issue One

Let's talk about Ohio Issue One. Tomorrow, Ohioans are going to vote on a single...

March 2023

March 22, 2023

Looking Back at the Church of Donald Trump

He's back in the news again, as ever: former reality TV star and...

November 2022

November 09, 2022

About That “Red Wave”

As I write this, it's evening, the day after Election Day. Not all the...

February 2021

February 26, 2021

A Golden Calf? Or Another Idol?

Everybody's talking about the Golden Calf today. This all started because, for some reason,...

January 2021

January 28, 2021

A Thought On Mike Pence’s Dilemma

It keeps getting reported over and over that Mike and Karen Pence are "homeless,"...

January 16, 2021

Justice Sotomayor’s Pro-Life Dissent

Early this morning, at 1:23 AM, with just over a hundred hours left in...

January 08, 2021

The Death Toll of the Pro-Life Movement Goes On

Five people are dead. They just announced the fifth death from Wednesday's coup attempt...