What If You Are the “Weakest Link”?
2021-12-16 – What if you are the weakest link? I just got back from walking the dog. We’ve had high winds all night and the wind is forecast to continue […]
Tag Archives: Politics
How My Pandemic Has Changed
2021-01-23 – Today is the first weekend of the new regime. You probably think I’m talking about the inauguration of President Biden. That’s part of it. But the other part […]
Our Dog Is Sensitive to Loud Noises—Like Gunshots
2021-01-14 – We had a shooting in my neighborhood the other day. It was spectacular, but details are sketchy. The gunman began his rampage on the south side of Chicago […]
RBG’s “October” Surprise
2020-09-19 – Well, it isn’t quite October. But a great jurist has died. She fought for women and she fought the powerful. And she fought against death. Ruth Bader Ginsburg. […]
Is QAnon Repackaged Antisemitism?
2020-08-14 – Like many people, I my understanding of the right-wing nut-job conspiracy movement called QAnon has been limited. But you’ve probably heard some of their fanatical rants without the […]
Donald Trump and Schrödinger’s Cat
2020-08-13 – I’ve noticed recently that Donald Trump isn’t the only one who confuses evidence and truth. He confuses truth with many things, but I’m just focusing on the evidence […]
Trump’s Focus on the COVID Fatality Ratio Is Very Revealing
2020-08-03 – We didn’t really need the Axios interview with Donald Trump to know that he was getting the his COVID response all wrong. It’s just one of many opportunities […]
Dear Lori Lightfoot: I’m Confused
2020-07-24 – Dear Mayor Lightfoot: I’m confused. Trump threatens to send his storm troopers to Chicago and you supposedly say no. But then you agree to take DEA and FBI […]
A Federal Police Force??? Wait??? What???
2020-07-23 – The weirdest thing happened. Last month the idea of defunding the cops was all the rage (“rage” being a literal term). There was a lot of push back, […]
Where is the NRA Now that Trump Is Attacking Citizens?
2020-07-22 – For years the NRA told us that we needed to accept one of the highest death tolls from gun violence as “the price of freedom.” We were told […]
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