In the enduring schism between “Dog People” and “Cat Pe… (since hardly anyone can be both, and people who get along without p… are not really at issue here)

While the Speaker’s chair sits em… the entire Congress remains immobi… The world looks toward the United… and finds nothing but disfunction. How can we presume to lead the wor…

How do you mourn for a relative that you never got to meet? It’s really not that hard to do. First, you must realize that all o… are “related” in some form or fash…

Trump styled himself as “the fucki… Meaning he could do anything he wa… To remain in power, whatever the c… He dispatched an armed mob to our… To overturn a fair election and se…

American governance is only as str… As our ability to defend it. And if (or when) it goes away We won’t ever get it back.

The internet and social media have forever changed the world and not always for the better.

My Grandpa was Irish Or at least his parents were So every year we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house for corned beef and cabbage.

There was a young puppy named Gus Who charmed and amused all of us. While on a retractable leash He darted all over. Yeesh! It made Meg and John want to cuss…

What sounded like all the fireworks on earth over the holiday weekend couldn’t assuage my dread at the memory of

The monarchy seems very stuffy Not at all like the masses they se… Perhaps they could do with a more… From further down on the great soc… I already know one King Chuck

Another day in America brings another mass shooting, and sometimes more than one. Allen, Texas is just the latest in an ever-growing list

Ginger or Mary Ann? Mary Ann or Ginger? Actual women don’t fit so easily into this duality

The “winners” in life gravitate toward places like Sanibel Island, Florida.

Barber’s chairs arranged in a circ… around an unused fire pit An all-you-can eat breakfast; A quiet vibe accompanies it Fox News (thankfully muted) on th…