From: THE SHINBONE STAR: IS DONALD TRUMP ABOUT TO SHOOT HIMSELF IN THE FOOT? Donald Trump’s vanity finally collided head on with his inherent ignorance when he tinkered with the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Deep inside this act… Read More ›
Legal Matters
A FINAL STRAW FOR ME
Rich was looking for a picture of a building with an orange roof. He entered his request into Google and up popped a few thousand pictures. Most of them were unattributed and contained nothing to indicate their origin. We’ve all… Read More ›
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A GUILIANI – Garry Armstrong
Once upon a time, there lived a mildly entertaining New York political suit. He did reoccurring cameo bits on “Law And Order” during its prime years. Not exactly a Lennie Briscoe, but his “Rudy” character” had legs. The character has… Read More ›
WE ABOLISHED RECREATIONAL ALCOHOL IN 1920 AND NO ONE HAS HAD A DRINK SINCE
Once upon a time so many years ago, Americans had national fit of self-righteousness.We decided alcohol was the root of all evil. To rectify the perceived problem, the nation rose up on its collective hind legs and passed the 18th… Read More ›
UNEQUAL TERMS – Marilyn Armstrong
While I was growing up, mostly in the late 1950s and early 1960s, I knew there was plenty of inequality to go around. Whether you were non-white or non-Christian, or a woman, there was plenty of prejudice and bigotry to… Read More ›
WINNING ISN’T EVERYTHING – BY ELLIN CURLEY
Considering how the world has changed, I suspect more of us have become aware that “winning” isn’t everything and sometimes, not even a good thing. It all depends on what you won. And there can be a lot of emotional… Read More ›
THERE IS NO TRUTH IN THE SMALL PRINT – Marilyn Armstrong
The biggest lie we tell all the time is that when we check the box at the bottom we are agreeing to an interminable list of conditions that basically say whatever they say. What we know is if we do… Read More ›
WHERE’S THE BIG CHANGE? – By Marilyn Armstrong
When Harvey Weinstein got nailed, everybody dumped all over him. Which I’m sure he deserved. They even tossed him out of the Hollywood Important People Club, ignoring all the other sexual predators who have been operating there since Hollywood became… Read More ›
AN ALLEGORY OF LIFE AND MORAL BREAKDOWN – Marilyn Armstrong
FOWC with Fandango — Allegory I decided this morning that if our government doesn’t feel they need to obey laws, why should we? They have declared us as a non-government. They have no laws by which they need to abide, so… Read More ›
NOT WORTH THE PAPER IT’S WRITTEN ON – Marilyn Armstrong
It was Samuel Goldwyn who supposedly said that “a verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it’s written on.” He had a point. Almost everything is done online these days from legal papers to mortgages. Job offers, book deals, major purchases… Read More ›
LET’S BAN PENNIES – Marilyn Armstrong
I got an email from AT&T. It was alarming. I was overdue on my bill! They were going to report me to collection agencies, send it to all those companies that decide whether or not you deserve to have a credit… Read More ›
LEARNING SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY – Marilyn Armstrong
I thought because I asked someone and got the wrong answer, that you can’t bury a body on private land. As it turns out, it depends on the state in which you live. Laws vary by state AND also by… Read More ›