Thursday, January 20, 2022

The love of power has defeated the power of love

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 When 50 Republican senators, plus Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin, voted to kill the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act yesterday, they affi...
Monday, January 10, 2022

The Pope wants to know when you're gonna give him some grandchildren already

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 For all of his admirable qualities, the pontiff is a Catholic after all. Sometimes he's just gotta represent the values of the organiza...
Thursday, November 11, 2021

I owe my life to two world wars

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 On this Armistice Day, I think about the military service of my grandfather, whom I barely met, and of his only son, my father. Although bo...
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Sunday, October 31, 2021

The homophobic and misogynistic words of George Carlin

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Recently, I was severely castigated in a Facebook comment thread for using the term "boob" in the humorous exchange that had forme...
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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Kyle Rittenhouse has to defend himself

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 Teenage vigilante Kyle Rittenhouse has been on trial since the night that he shot three people, killing two. He has been praised or condemn...
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Sunday, October 03, 2021

Poor towns get stuck making bad deals

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 The Effingham Zoning Board completed a long case this year in which an applicant asked for the necessary permissions to reinstate gasoline ...
Tuesday, September 21, 2021

My brother, the climate refugee or: Apocalypse Shortly

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 My baby brother, who is now in his fifties, was the only one of my siblings to reproduce. As such, he is the only one with a serious stake ...