“Believe all women.”  “Support our troops.”  “Keep America Great.”  “[Black/Blue/All] lives matter.”  Aside from being three words long and politically effective, what do these slogans have in common?  They can all be easily removed from their intended meaning to criticize the people who use them.  And when I say easily, I mean VERY easily. This […]

“ODCtwist” by FolsomNatural is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The ticker keeps on a-tickin’ up, higher and higher almost by the minute.  The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 goes up and up and up, more and more each day.  That’s the bad news.  The good news is that you can and should just quit […]

“Louis CK @ Just For Laughs Festival Montreal” by Anirudh Koul is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0 If you’re going to write anything about Louis CK, it has to start like this: Louis CK has admitted to committing numerous acts of sexual misconduct (that’s the word you use when it doesn’t legally rise to the […]

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Now is not the time for politics. This is a health crisis and we’ve all got to come together to — shhh, the president is talking! Coronavirus is a health crisis. The response to a health crisis is necessarily a government endeavor and in a democracy government is political. What do we talk about when […]

“Sofa” by Gagandeep is licensed under CC BY 4.0 Nobody needs to be reminded that this sucks. No seeing family or friends, no restaurants, no bars, no sports, no concerts, no gym. Nothing to do but wash your hands and try to avoid the news. And now we’re all supposed to wear masks?! I once […]

If you believe Trump, he’s worth $10 billion.  If you believe Trump, there’s a crisis at the border that requires a wall with an initial cost of $5.7 billion.  And if you believe Trump, Mexico will pay to build that wall.  If you believe Trump. We’ve spent three years discussing whether we’ll build a wall, […]

It’s official (maybe), Connor Lamb will be the next congressman from Pennsylvania’s 18th District.  And he’s a Democrat (maybe).  In Trump Country (maybe). See, there’s what we know and then there’s what we know.  Know what I mean?  And lest we forget, the Philadelphia Inquirer reminds us: And all this for a district that likely […]

Republicans want to fix DACA far more than the Democrats do. The Dems had all three branches of government back in 2008-2011, and they decided not to do anything about DACA. They only want to use it as a campaign issue. Vote Republican! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 10, 2018 Donald Trump is many […]