The Artistry of Bob Dylan There are two types of performers, artists and entertainers, and I highly recommend that you don’t go messing up the two. Entertainers are there for your benefit and enjoyment. Artists are there solely for theirs. Over a career that has spanned nearly sixty years, Bob Dylan has always been an […]
Apathy is Killing Our Democracy
Apathy is Killing Our Democracy I have heard from a lot of people recently, a lot of people I respect greatly, about how they just can’t get involved in politics anymore. They will tell me how much they love reading TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less each week, but that they just can’t ascribe to […]
The Short-Sighted Nature of Short-Term Rentals
The Short-Sighted Nature of Short-Term Rentals My uncle once told me that his state of Utah would be “paradise on Earth if it weren’t for all the fucking Mormons”. I kind of feel like tourists have the same impact here on Summit County, Colorado. Oh sure, I get it- tourist dollars are what fuel this […]
Replacing Replacement Theory
Replacing Replacement Theory If you are like me (and let’s face it- if you are reading this, you probably are), the first time you ever heard the term “Great Replacement Theory” came in the unfortunate aftermath of the mass shooting at a Tops Friendly Markets grocery store in a predominately black neighborhood in Buffalo, NY […]
Did Amber Heard Just End the Me Too Movement?
Did Amber Heard Just End the Me Too Movement? There is a significant part of me that cannot believe I am going to write about this. I could really give two shits and a fig leaf about either Johnny Depp or Amber Heard, and as such, have made a conscious effort to remain blithely ignorant […]
F#&! Your Thoughts and Prayers
F*#$ Your Thoughts and Prayers Please excuse me for staring TRUTH off this week with a profanity. But if that’s what offends you in the wake of yet another school shooting, with elementary school children getting their heads blown off such that DNA testing was necessary to identify the victims- if that cuss word is […]
Live Your Life Instead of Filming It
Live Your Life Instead of Filming It Last week, in writing about the impact of a generation of parents who eschew actually parenting their children, I told the story of our recent experience at the Venardo’s Circus as two children traipsed across the patron boundary rope while their parents blithely ignored them and recorded the […]
Just Say Not to Your Kids
Just Say No to Your Kids Have you ever gone to a concert or theater performance and found yourself growing increasingly agitated as some kid seated near you was permitted to prattle on endlessly whilst their parents, clearly habituated to the mindless ramblings, blithely ignored them? Have you ever just about lost your everlasting mind […]
Let Freedom Ring….or not
Let Freedom Ring…..or not For years now as an English teacher, I have struggled to come up with the perfect example to teach my students about irony. Underwhelmingly, I have often found myself resorting to that insipid Alannis Morisette song, but somehow focusing on “10,000 spoons when all you need is a knife” (please excuse […]
The Supreme Court Just Grabbed Women (and the rest of us) By The Pussy
The Supreme Court Just Grabbed Women (and the rest of us) by the Pussy I am angry today. Like seething, foaming-at-the-mouth angry. That’s because, like many of you, I woke up Tuesday morning to the news of the leaked U.S. Supreme Court opinion that is set to undo generations of legal protections for women’s reproduction […]