Q is for Quack Back in the Fall of 1989, as a freshman in an Intro to Political Science class at Colgate University, I got up in front of my class and made a highly controversial statement. My idea, while sincere, was roundly rejected, and I was made to tuck my tail between my legs […]
Talk Dirty to Me: Sex and Language in the 21st Century A popular meme circulating via the Internet since 2011 quotes nonagenarian comedic actress Betty White thusly, ““Why do people say ‘grow some balls’? Balls are weak and sensitive! If you really wanna get tough, grow a vagina! Those things take a pounding!” The problem […]
The Intolerance of Intolerance What do the following people have in common? Noam Chomsky, Gloria Steinem, JK Rowling, Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood, Garry Kasparov and Malcolm Gladwell. Your initial response might have something to do with the fact that they are all “wicked smaht” as we used to say back in Boston. And while I […]
If It Smells Like a Dictator…. Let me finish that line from the title of today’s TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less for ya, “If it smells like a dictator…..yeah, it’s a motherfucking dictator.” Now if you recall, I told you this was going to happen, but when Trump started tweeting last week that we […]
Teachers Better Ask for a Raise So here we find ourselves with the days of July dwindling, and you all know what that means: It is almost time to send the kids back to school. And even though students living on the East Coast generally have until after Labor Day to bask in the glow […]
The Happiness Within Believe it or not, I’ve been doing this a long time. While TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less did take an 18-month hiatus while I was back in the classroom corrupting, I mean educating, the minds of America’s youth, I’ve been publishing this thing every Thursday since 2014. But even before TRUTH […]
Lawnmower Parents Are Destroying America Do you remember that time when your mom marched into your principal’s office to contest the 62% you had pulled out of your ass on your Pre-Algreba test despite the fact that you couldn’t be bothered to study for it the night before as you stayed awake until 2am playing […]
The Right to Be Wrong I swore I wasn’t going to do this. After basing my first installment of the return of TRUTH: In 1000 Words or Less on the societal impact of the corona virus and then following that up a few weeks later with how Trump’s handling of the crisis told us all […]
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 […]
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 […]
