“I don’t have a racist bone in my body!” “He doesn’t have a racist bone in his body!” I’ve heard that phrase more times than I can remember over my life. It’s a defense that racist people say when they… Read More ›
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CONFESSIONS OF A PEN SNATCHER – GARRY ARMSTRONG
I could run for elective office if I so chose. Even in retirement, after more than 40 years as a TV and radio news reporter I’m sufficiently recognizable that I could put my name up for election. I don’t have… Read More ›
DIDN’T WE ALREADY KNOW THIS? – BY TOM CURLEY
Well, the new year is less than a week old and it seems like 2018 is turning into 2017 on steroids. There’s so much going on this week it seemed to be a “target rich” environment for a blog. The… Read More ›
LIFE AFTER TRUMP? – BY ELLIN CURLEY
These days I live to trash Donald Trump and anything and everything Republican. I spend my days reading about politics, mourning the Republican successes and cheering the Democratic/Progressive victories across the country. I wake up each morning, grab for my… Read More ›
M.A.D., MADMEN AND THE FIVE MINUTE RULE – BY TOM CURLEY
The talk this week about our “So called President” being insane has ramped up to 11 out of 10. It’s all anyone in the news can talk about. The biggest worry, of course, is that this nut-job has access to… Read More ›
NORMAL, NORMALIZING AND NORMALIZING NUTS – BY TOM CURLEY
Well, it’s been quite a week — don’t we say that every week? — and the words “unhinged” and “unprecedented” have been used even more than they were the week before. And the week before that. And the week before… Read More ›
A PEN THIEF CONFESSES – GARRY ARMSTRONG
I could run for elective office if I so chose. Even in retirement, after more than 40 years as a TV and radio news reporter I’m sufficiently recognizable that I could put my name up for election. I don’t have… Read More ›
SCROTUS: THE WORD WE NEEDED
Sherry Frost is a teacher on Twitter. Here’s the word: SCROTUS S0-called Ruler of the United States. I like it. How about you?
ONE NATION PRESUMABLY INDIVISIBLE
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
– Franklin D. Roosevelt
Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says Vote For Me
Bringing back memories of the election we thought would never end. – – – Related articles Weekly Photo Challenge: The Sign Says (dailypost.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge (rainbowofthought.wordpress.com) Wall Art… ‘In the background’ Weekly photo challenge… (ghoststoriesfiction.wordpress.com) Weekly Photo Challenge: In the… Read More ›
We live in a nation of laws … even when it’s not easy or convenient.
Today I read a rant on Facebook by someone who still can’t accept the cruel reality that the election ended and his candidate lost. He declares that President Barack Obama is not his president, will never be his president. As… Read More ›
30,000 hits … Go figure.
It seemed appropriate — what with getting all these awards during the last few days — that this is the week I hit another landmark. On November 9th, I passed 20,000 hits and today, exactly 3 weeks later, I hit 30,000… Read More ›