Amazon has an entry level wage of $18/hour, but to get it you have to put up with computer– yes computer– supervisors, backbreaking labor, and insane conditions. Yet only one warehouse has unionized. Really? Continue reading State of the Union
Statements of violent intentions cannot be ignored, no matter how much some want to. Continue reading The Messages Being Sent In Rural Front Yards
Mockery is the best medicine. Continue reading The Quotable Zelensky
Reading the Freepers for 14 years so you don’t have to. Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Gizzard Of Oz” edition
The life and times of Tommy T, Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with Random Ruminations “Home Sweet Home” edition
Cheers to Gary Louris, Marc Perlman, Tim O’Reagan, Karen Grotberg, Mark Olson, and Jayhawks past & present. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: The Jayhawks
If looks could kill, they probably will, in games without frontiers, war without tears. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Games Without Frontiers
Irving Berlin month continues. Continue reading Easter Parade
A demented Horatio Alger story. Meet Ragged Dolf. Continue reading Malaka Of The Week: Frank Nicely
It’s Passover or as some of my non-Jewish friends call it, Jewish Easter. Instead of celebrating one man rising from the dead, we celebrate an entire people rising from the almost dead. Or as traditionally said of most Jewish holidays “They tried to kill us, we beat them, let’s eat.” Continue reading Jewish Easter
Christopher Rufo spreading his brand of dishonest hysteria about critical race theory, wokeness, and “grooming in schools” is taking America down a dark path. Continue reading The General Who Leads The War On Education
Why do people still refer to Republicans as conservatives? They’re not conservatives, they’re radicals, reactionaries, and extremists. Take your pick but call them anything but conservatives. Continue reading Don’t Call Them Conservatives
Tagline: “She expected her lover but death walked in.” Continue reading Pulp Fiction Thursday: The Brass Halo/Halo In Brass
It’s a hard, hard world. Continue reading No Easy Way To Be Free
I imagined other “milestone” birthdays ahead of time: what I’d be doing when I was 25, or 30, or 50. For some reason I never thought ahead to what I’d be doing when I was 60. Continue reading Nowhere To Go But Everywhere
Are You Hungry Like The Wolf? Continue reading Album Cover Art Wednesday: Rio
Clarence Thomas is a politician. Continue reading When Clarence Met Herschel
Sometimes it happens that the little guys win. Amazon wanted to put a distribution center on a 2 lane country road and then have 87 delivery vans and 14 semi trucks go in and out on it. The neighbors put Amazon up a river. Continue reading The Final Mile
Letting Republicans set the pundit agenda has been disastrous for Democrats. Continue reading Morning Joe Gives Cover To The Far Right – Again
Because His Texts. Continue reading A Simpleton’s Coup Plot
Reading the Freepers for 14 years so you don’t have to. Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s Obsession with the Freeperati – “Free The Pedos” edition
The life and times of Tommy T. Continue reading Today on Tommy T’s obsession with Random Ruminations – “Blackballed” edition
Cheers to Pat DiNizio, Jim Babjak, Dennis Diken, Mike Mesaros, and The Thrilla. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: The Smithereens
This week: Sports Hating Coach K, Paulson/Wallace, Glenn Close, and Johnny Carson. Featured image by James Ensor. Music by Peter Gabriel, Grateful Dead, Dave Alvin, The Beatles, and Blondie. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Not One Of Us
Irving Berlin month continues. Continue reading Blue Skies
All the way with KBJ. Continue reading Congratulations, Justice Jackson
Would you wait six hours on line for a chance to sample a beer that is only available for two weeks each year? Thousands just did that at the annual release of Pliny The Younger at Russian River Brewing. And you know what? It’s a good thing. Continue reading A Postcard From Russian River Brewing
Boehlert’s tragic death Tuesday evening was a blow to Americans who want our journalism to be better. Continue reading We Can’t Afford To Lose Any More Eric Boehlerts