This week’s affronts to all we hold dear
The anti-democratic hits keep a’comin’: • Arizona’s state House passed a bill last week that will take certain election-related power away from Democratic Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and give … Continue reading
Book review: Twilight of Democracy
Every now and then comes along a book that all of us ought to read. Unfortunately, none of these books are fiction. As a novelist myself, it’d be nice to … Continue reading
Paxson’s passion
Good friend of the blog, Mark Paxson, has a new book out, everyone. It’s called The Dime, and it tells the story of three young people in an upstate New … Continue reading
Filibustering reality
• Turns out, according to a new book, that last year Trump wanted to dump covid-infected Americans returning from overseas into Guantanamo Bay prison. The idea was to keep the … Continue reading
I’m a big fan of nurses now
I had a brush with the medical industrial complex recently. Nothing serious, but it did require a couple of nights in the ‘spital, so I got to experience the Leviathan … Continue reading
June gloom
• We all imagined it happened but now we know: Trump’s White House tried to put the screws to the Justice Department to overturn the election results in some states. … Continue reading
Mac smack
Last month Apple released its new version of the iMac, and since my old one, vintage 2011, has recently passed away, I’ve had my eye on a replacement. Problem is, … Continue reading
Magnet madness
I was out of commish for a few days, but I did make note of these tidbits before ducking out: • Nice to be able to start with a positive … Continue reading
My name is Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire; I own a Manchin …
Are you like me? Have you had just about enough of Joe Manchin? Last Sunday he wrote an op-ed declaring his opposition to the For the People Act, which would … Continue reading
Bye bye birdies
I don’t like to toot my own horn (yes, I do), but I seem to have a skill that’s worth trumpeting. Seems I can bring dead birds back to life. … Continue reading
WHAT THE HELL 