The Conservative Political Action Conference wrapped up their annual party on Sunday with a dystopian storyteller spinning a tale of political intrigue and skulduggery to an audience of screaming fans. Trump repeated all the lies he had told over a four year assault on America and the people’s ability to Read more…
Merrick Garland will be confirmed as the next Attorney General of the United States. He will be confirmed with a bipartisan vote from the United States Senate. This will be a further indictment of the Republican Party, another reminder of their hypocrisy and total disregard for the American people. Allow Read more…
Have you ever felt like you can’t make a difference? How can one small voice make a dent in this vast landscape of a world? It’s too vast and unreachable! How can one lone voice screaming into the wilderness be heard over the cacophony? One man found a way and Read more…
Some cancers you can’t avoid. They follow you down the ancestral path, stalking you until they come out of hiding, seemingly from nowhere. Others are the result of poor choices, habits that we know better than to indulge but we do anyway. The short term pleasure is just too much Read more…
I’m 63 and in OK shape. Not great, but not horrible. I have a little bit of a gut that grew over the holidays. I can still play tennis and ride a bike, hiking is still cool. My friend Ted is a year or two older and he just ran Read more…
And so it begins. The second impeachment trial of Former President Donald J. Trump begins today. The first order of business will be arguments and a vote on the constitutionality of the trial itself, taking place as it does after the exit of the subject of the proceedings. The Constitution Read more…
The idea of retirement is very appealing to me. I had a taste of it during an extended furlough from my job and I think I’ll be pretty darn good at it if I can figure out how to supplement my Social Security income somehow. I did an exceptionally poor Read more…
In 1861, John B. Clark, John W. Reid and Henry C. Burnett were expelled from the United States House of Representatives for their support of the Confederate rebellion. Oh well, timing is everything. Apparently if they had just waited for today they would have been seen as simply quirky. Leadership, Read more…
I’m still working full time so January is when my benefits renew and I look forward to it every year, as I get a chance to re-invent how I present myself to the world by picking out my new glasses. I’m old enough now that I don’t fret even a Read more…
Right now, it is a very good thing to be an older progressive. Just ask Bernie. The GOP faces an existential crossroads that is of its own making. With an impending impeachment trial in the Senate, Republican lawmakers will have to stand up and be counted. Will they stand up Read more…