Originally posted on THE SHINBONE STAR:
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK: The Shinbone Star — if you’re not counting the movie version — began publication on Jan. 29, 2017, just nine days after President Donald Trump raised his right hand and…
Politics
I HAVE A DREAM – GARRY ARMSTRONG
I have a dream that, come November 4th: The White House Squatter will be dragged out in cuffs and chains, his orange face turned red as he rants about how “It was rigged. A faked election. A fraud by those… Read More ›
TRUMP IS AMERICA’S BELLWETHER
BELLWETHER, by CONNIE WILLIS is a book I have read many times. I read it often because it’s funny and finding something to laugh about has become increasingly difficult. Each time I read it, I notice something new that rings… Read More ›
DEAR BLACK PEOPLE – FROM THE SHINBONE STAR
By Denise Shabazz Dear Black People, A year ago, I was compelled to write to white women who voted for Donald Trump even though their interests were not clearly aligned with the Grab-Them-by-the-Pussy-in-Chief. I was angry at them then, and now I’m… Read More ›
A TIMELY RERUN: LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON IN VIETNAM 1967, by GARRY ARMSTRONG
Originally posted on Serendipity Seeking Intelligent Life on Earth:
WHEN OUR PRESIDENT WAS A HERO Location: A campfire in Vietnam near Saigon. Year: 1967. 1967 and 1968 were very intense years for me. I had jumped directly from college and small time commercial radio,…
Blood in the water? Are the sharks coming for Donald J. Trump? – THE SHINBONE STAR
WRITTEN BY NATHANIEL R. “NAT” HELMS – AUGUST 3, 2020 Last Wednesday was the 75th anniversary of the sinking of the U.S.S Indianapolis, a U.S. Navy heavy cruiser sunk by a Japanese submarine on July 30, 1945 after delivering the first… Read More ›
THERE’S GOTTA BE A PONY IN THERE SOMEWHERE – BY TOM CURLEY
There’s an old joke about a psychiatrist who was trying to see if he could change an optimist into a pessimist and a pessimist into an optimist. He took two children, one very optimistic and one very pessimistic. He put… Read More ›
HOMELAND MILITARIZATION CAN’T BE OUR FUTURE | VIEWS FROM THE EDGE – GORDON STEWART
What is happening in Portland and American cities where Black Lives Matter continues to oppose the violence and lawlessness of those sworn to protect and serve. A search through previous Views from the Edge posts led back to August 22,… Read More ›
MAR-A-LAGO: MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH – BY TOM CURLEY
You might think by now that we would be emerging from the COVID-19 disaster. But we aren’t. In fact, more than half of our states are in worse shape now than they were a couple of months ago. Florida had… Read More ›
TRUMP MAKES ME MEAN – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I don’t consider myself a mean spirited or a vindictive person. I avoid conflicts with others and I don’t think about revenge when someone slights me. My friends and family consider me a nice, decent, even sweet person. I even… Read More ›
THE MAN WHO WILL NOT BOW – GORDON C. STEWART
Originally posted on Views from the Edge:
Independence Day at Mount Rushmore The Fourth of July feels a bit different this year. When the sculptors chiseled the 60-foot faces of Presidents George Washington (1732–1799), Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919),…
SO MANY FLOWERS ARE GONE – Marilyn Armstrong
When I started writing Serendipity eight years ago, I was enthusiastic and full of energy. Undisciplined. All over the place. Writing too much, leaping from subject to subject. Angry one day, mellow the next. Ranting about the wrongs of the… Read More ›
