I’m getting too old for this shit. When i began obsessing on politics, back in my teens, following the game the way other guys followed box scores, and housewives followed soap operas, there were two kinds of politicians. There...
Ah, what a time to be alive, eh? If you're a Democrat, the old refrain is as comfortable as the chorus of "Me and my Bobby McGee." Democrats suck in the midterms due to a depressed voter turnout caused...
I wrote previously that this time it just felt different. It wasn't just the senseless slaughter of 19 innocents and 2 teachers, it was also the chaotic, massively incompetent response from the police. I asked at the time, If the cops...
The old saying goes something like “Hang separately or hang together.” And boy, oh boy, are we ever getting a full length feature film on that principle right now. And if “elections have consequences,” those consequences are pounding the...
Everybody needs something to believe. I believe I'll have another beer.
Yesterday I wrote about how Trump was using his remaining power in the GOP to get revenge on GOP state officials who displeased him in the aftermath of the...
As pompous of an ass as I can be on occasion, there are a few simple rules I try really hard to follow, And one of those bedrock rules is to never try to tell a political savant like Nancy...
Permit me the self-indulgence, it is the weekend. This is an altered version of a post from last year, one received so well it moved me deeply.
Jason
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Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in...
I love this phrase, Free and fair elections are a hallmark of democracy. What the hell is a hallmark anyway? When I hear the word hallmark, I think of two things. One, the most expensive pieces of folded over, colored cardboard in the...
History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes. Mark Twain
Those of you who are veterans of my columns know that I "made my bones" wallowing around in the mosh pit of the 2016 Republican party primary fight. Ah, the good...
This is utter bullshit. The recent "Admissionsgate" college entry scandal was bad enough. Rich shitpokes were spending millions of dollars to rig their kids into the "side door" of prestigious universities that they may otherwise not have qualified for....
