Once again the Republicans are threatening to refuse to raise the debt ceiling. This is a form of “If I don’t get what I want, I’m going to hold my breath until I turn blue.” If this were one of Trump’s breath holding threats I’d say fine, go turn blue. Please. But it isn’t painless… [read more]
What’s Going to Happen
I’ve been worrying about politically driven domestic violence for a long time. We have shootings every day and, of course, there was a full-on insurrection on January 6, 2021, where people were badly wounded, some died that day and others died on subsequent days. Many continue to carry scars and debilitating injuries from that attack…. [read more]
Injustice
I’ve been asked to be a guest on a political podcast program. In preparation for the preparatory phone call (yes, I did mean that alliteration) the host’s questionnaire asked what my area of focus is and I had a hard time declaring that. I had never thought of self-defining in that way. Still, it was… [read more]
Hatred, Christian Nationalists & The Supreme Court
An Open Letter to Christian Haters Did you go to Sunday School when you were a kid? Or at least attend a church service now and then? Here’s what you did with that. They told you the stories and the lessons from long ago, like to be kind to strangers. They said to be generous… [read more]
Special Report: The Bugle Is Sounding
Emergency SNAP assistance (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – “food stamps”) is ending today. That means that lots of our kids are about to go hungry. Like maybe one-meal-per-day-hungry. Here’s the triple whammy: The assistance is ending. Food is very expensive. Donations of food to food banks are way down. So are monetary contributions. This… [read more]
Bumper Sticker
While taking a road trip recently we were amazed by all the billboards for personal injury attorneys. We saw the same billboard posted three deep. We saw not only repeated cycles of multiple billboards for a single firm, but even two identical billboards stacked one on top of the other. These advertisements were in the… [read more]
S**t Spewers Flooding The Zone and A Letter to Kevin
Caution: Those sensitive to nasty words Mom told you not to say should skip to the second section of this post. Richard Nixon couldn’t remember sending his goon squad to break into the Democratic National Committee Headquarters at The Watergate to steal opposition documents. Later he couldn’t remember his mob boss style cover up of… [read more]
Guns, then Nikki Haley
Guns After I had delivered a leadership workshop to an executive group we went to lunch at an upscale suburban restaurant not far from the meeting venue. I sat across a small table from a guy who had a pistol in a holster clipped to his belt. I’m not a gun guy and I felt… [read more]
New AP Class in Florida; Ukraine; The Key Word
Caution: The first section of this post contains infectious snark. It is contraindicated for those not yet vaccinated against the current virulent right wing strains of BS-2022 and BS-2023. Note that constitutional virologists are predicting an exceptionally deadly strain next year. Subscribe here (⇒⇓) to stay up to date on this threat. There has been… [read more]
Five Years Without Valentines
It was five years ago today when Valentines stopped for 17 high schoolers and teachers at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL. They were killed by a former student. Apparently, he had issues. Maybe he was full of hatred for others who were doing well and he, not so well. Maybe others were… [read more]
