I’m getting a little battle fatigued over the political landscape, so this week I’m going to focus on some of the things that have me puzzled but don’t require excessive thought, or …
You’ve probably never heard of Hélène Vogelsinger. She is a French composer and modular-synth artist who creates immersive performances in abandoned or forgotten spaces. Since …
With my deepest apologies to Jim Croce: “Now I got them steadily depressin’ low-down, mind-messin’ governmental shutdown blues.” By the time you read this, …
At a time when millions of Americans are having to tighten their belts, with thoughts constantly running of how many bills they have to juggle and questions of how to afford groceries and make rent, …
Jack Clark, co-founder of Anthropic (a frontier AI), says about AI that he is deeply afraid. “What we are dealing with is a real and mysterious creature, not a simple and predictable …
Dear sitting members of Congress, We the People are tired of the theatrics, the kayfabe, the bull manure which, at best, resemble a sort of mash-up between prime …
I was a seed, a tiny ol' seed. Water and sunshine was all that I need. I felt so lifeless, discouraged and hurt 'til someone took me and stuck me in dirt. – Al Barlow, …
I’m beginning to think that the path the government has taken is not only irresponsible, but unconstitutional, unpatriotic and most scary, irrevocable. While on the surface, using the …
Fact Check: Antifa is not a nationwide organized group. There are small groups that use Antifa in their name, like Rose City Antifa (RCA) In Portland, Oregon. It is …
Someone somewhere once wrote or said that journalism, particularly that what appears on newsprint, is the “first rough draft of history.” Some have credited the former Washington …
When a president speaks to his generals, the country should listen closely. On September 30, Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth addressed senior military leaders in a gathering that …
Person: “I don’t read the paper. I get my news from Facebook.” Me: “No, you don’t. You get the local gossip and scuttlebutt on Facebook, but you’re not …
We’ll have several definitions on today’s test, mostly for words that, in the vein of Inigo Montoya, do not mean what the users want them to mean, but are fun to see nonetheless. For …
There are moments in politics when a single sentence tells you everything you need to know. At the Charlie Kirk memorial, President Donald Trump said the difference between him and Kirk was simple: …
When cultural amnesia cross mutates with perpetual pearl-clutching, you end up with a scenario like the one that captured a bit of attention last week, concerning the cartoon-metal band Gwar. …
The Trump administration has halted construction of Revolution Wind, a nearly completed offshore project that was supposed to deliver clean electricity to New England. Hundreds of jobs and billions …
Years ago, over something that I’m sure at the time was earth-shattering, some politician made a comment and was summarily attacked (online, not physically). Threats were even made against his …
A new Rasmussen/Heartland poll landed this month, and the numbers are startling. Polls come and go, most with predictable results. This one was different. Conducted among Americans aged 18 to 39, it …
It’s taken me a bit of time to come to terms with the recent news that the founder of Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, was gunned down after two questions at his college event in Utah. …
The now “famous” AI band The Velvet Sundown is filling playlists around the world. Their songs were never played in a garage, never sweated over in a smoky bar, never launched …
