The irate debate
You know that a debate has a lot of acrimony when it causes children to run from the room screaming. A reporter for CNN stated after it was over that she was messaged by a friend that was sitting...
View ArticleI feel like I’m missing something about Trump’s appeal.
I guess I don’t get it. I guess I’m out to lunch. I guess I’m an “elite.” I guess when it comes to elections, I should just stop guessing. I may not have Nate Silver’s “geek cred,” or expertise, or...
View ArticleThe thing that wouldn’t leave
There was a great bit, almost a throwaway sketch on the old Saturday Night Live featuring John Belushi where he was starring in a proposed new television program called, “The Thing That Wouldn’t...
View ArticleThanksgiving 2020: Brought to you by COVID-19
It’s a Thanksgiving like no other, and why not? After a St. Patrick’s Day like no other, and an Easter like no other, and a 4th of July like no other, and a Simchat Torah like no other, and a school...
View ArticleThe greatest rock ‘n’ roll intros….sort of.
“Let me please introduce myself I’m a man of wealth and taste,” so sayeth Mick Jagger in one of the many great first lines in rock ‘n’ roll history. Mick Jagger was a man who never needed an...
View ArticleA “coup” waged by cuckoos
Many people claim to have chutzpah, but the very notion of the word has to be reconsidered in light of the recent actions of convicted liar and disgraced former National Security Advisor Lt. General...
View ArticleFar too many dead to bring out
“Stupid Covid!” That’s become my wife’s mantra over the past 10 months. Occasionally I will chime in with “Covid ruins everything.” The words may vary, but the sentiments are the same. Anytime you...
View ArticleYou broke it, you own it
The United States’ Capitol Building was stormed and assaulted on the day that the Congress under the eye of the Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence were to ceremoniously certify the...
View ArticleI’m with stupid
When I was growing up and attending the Plainedge Public School system, there were a couple of different sets of identical twins in my grade. There was one in particular though that stands out to me....
View ArticleThe place where dreams come true
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