Attacks on democracy don’t observe holidays
Golly, so much antidemocratic stuff piles up in just a few days: • Texas failed to pass its restrictive new voter suppression law Sunday night when the Democrats walked off … Continue reading
A writer’s dilemma …
I don’t want you to think that I’m only going to write about politics from now on, so here’s a writing post. Writers face a lot of conundrums and have … Continue reading
Back in the U.S.🇺🇸S.R.
Most of us over a certain age never imagined that the institutions of democracy itself would ever be threatened from the inside. Back in the day, we were afraid of … Continue reading
The never-ending story …
I’ll be using this flag image as the logo for these political pieces from now on, so if they rub you the wrong way you’ll see the flag and move … Continue reading
You’d best keep that blade sharp, son
I remember hearing Dave Grohl talk about songwriting once, and he said all you have to do is come up with a bumpersticker phrase and the song will basically write … Continue reading
Slow drip
Here are just a few of the dangerous things that have popped up since my political post just two days ago. Cue the music: 🎶 These are a few of … Continue reading
In plain sight
Coming off a year in which I kept a detailed political and cultural journal as a way of both coping with the pandemic and chronicling it, I feel like I’ve … Continue reading
New rules
Artist Richard Diebenkorn had some rules about the way he should approach his work. I can’t remember where I got these, but I was inspired enough to copy and paste … Continue reading
Award seizin’
I just had to share the good news. As proud papa of an online literary journal. A story from The Disappointed Housewife was chosen to appear in the 2021 Best … Continue reading
Serenity now
It’s one of those times when the neighbor’s dog is barking nonstop and hitting that sound frequency that causes a wad of nausea in my gut so that I keep … Continue reading
