Wear Your Helmet!
2016-07-28 – Two weeks ago, I wrote about bike safety. One week ago, I was in a bike accident. Today I am still sore, but healing. I was riding in […]
Tag Archives: Culture
It’s Not Even Funny Anymore
2016-07-20 – Can you forgive Hillary Clinton for killing Vince Foster? You know she did that, don’t you? She killed Vince Foster. But here’s something I bet you didn’t know: […]
Stay on the Right Side of the Road (If You Are on a Bike)
2016-07-14 – Chicago gets a bad rap for many things. We are (supposedly) the murder capital of America, even though our murder rate is about one-third that of cities like […]
I Tend to Do the “Women’s Work”
2016-07-05 – I tend to do the “women’s work” around our house. I wash the clothes, mostly. I wash most of the dishes. I sew on buttons. I cook. (I […]
Apple Is Rotten to the Core
2016-07-03 – I don’t pay much attention to tech controversies. I don’t really care if Facebook changes algorithms. I know I should but I don’t. Al Gore could have been […]
Comforting the Afflicted
2016-06-30 – Here’s an interesting saying: The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. If you want to look up the source, here’s a […]
A Border Wall in Negative Space
2016-06-16 – We went to the 49th parallel yesterday—Canada’s border wall with the United States. Canada was smart. They built their border wall long ago to keep out the Americans. […]
The U.S. Side of the Vacation
2016-06-14 – We are on vacation! We left the boys and the animals to mind the house and took off on a road trip. Yay! Only the second time since […]
Don’t Let Him Off the Hook, Put Him on a Different Hook!
2016-06-09 – I don’t think much about the (so-called) criminal justice system in this country. Policing is unaccountable and erratic. Folks who get arrested don’t really have an effective right […]
Make Sure You Boycott Oat Puffies!
2016-06-07 – So the clarion call has gone out in liberal circles: Boycott Home Depot! The current boycott from the left is due Home Depot’s founder Bernard Marcus’ decision to […]
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