Happy 4th of July, everyone! And while some of you are feeling something less than enthusiastic about the holiday this year- what with our federal government looking more and more like the tyrannical dictatorship that kept our founding fathers up at night and fireworks displays all across the nation being cancelled due to concerns over […]
Shut Up and Listen!!!
This will probably come as a surprise to absolutely none of you who know me, but I was an only child (all previous girlfriends feel free to insert your own personal snicker here). As such, I was not privy to the world of sibling antagonism. But the universe works in funny and mysterious ways, and […]
We Need Better Police and Less of Them
Raise your hands if you feel like you’ve seen enough police brutality videos over the past couple weeks to leave you queasier than the first time you watched the dog mauling scene in Django Unchained. I have to admit that I had to turn my head away when I saw that scene in the theater […]
Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist
I’m sure most of you are expecting me to use this week’s column to speak to the Black Lives Matter protests that have ignited this nation in the wake of the tragic murder of George Floyd by four Minneapolis police officers. I am sorry to disappoint you, but I just don’t have it in me. […]
Mailing It In
Mailing It In- The Saga of the 2020 Election I’ve said this before, but I love two-parters. I aways appreciate the heightened tension provided by these weekly installments, such as when we left off not knowing who had shot Mr. Burns only to discover the following week that it was the baby, Maggie. Dickens, like […]