So it begins.

If the American People wish to have any semblance of a country left, they must tell the people who think that it is acceptable to storm the capital loudly and collectively “NO.”

Ripples

H.L. Menken was absolutely right when he said that “Democracy is the theory that the American people know what they want and they deserve to get it good and hard.”

And we’re supposed to be grateful.

Featured image by Alabama Extension. Follow the link for more… We’re getting another payment… yippee… I hope you can recognize the sarcasm in my writing. After months of back and forth “negotiations,” Congress has finally passed a second economic stimulus, promising payments of $600 for each adult making up to $75,000 (or $150,000 for married […]

Why standards matter

Featured image from Know Your Meme. Follow the link for more info. I was poking around on social media as I do seemingly more and more as an observer rather than a poster. Many more of my posts either deal with other, innocuous things, or they link to my blog here. I’ve grown more and […]

Take a breath.

Featured image by John Young. Follow the link for more of this artist’s work. I think that we can all take a collective breath. The Electoral College voted, Biden is now President-Elect. The lawsuits were thrown out, and the legal challenge clock has hit triple zeroes. The results were unsurprising to me, and I am […]

Saturation

Featured image by TheInvertedFan. Follow the link for more of this artist’s work. I am unsure whether to write this post as a simple observation of where we are in our society, or as a grim warning for those who think that we can be pushed too far, or as a a miasmatic voice in […]

Savages

Human beings are complicated creatures, capable of both great good and great evil.

An Opinion of an Opinion.

Link to the original article is here, though you’ll have to pay for it. Featured image by senpatientulo. Follow for more of this artist’s work. Gustavo Arellano wrote a piece published in the LA Times that I found through a friend of mine on Facebook. Having a chance to read the article, I will leave […]

Why integrity matters

Featured image from Prabakaran Thirumalai. Follow the link for more images. What we are seeing is the result of a complete lack of integrity. The politicization of everything Covid related during what is arguably the most contested election in this nation’s history hasn’t helped. A media so focused on driving the narrative, inducing panic, fear, […]

Why a National Lockdown won’t work.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.