I generally avoid the copy-and-paste thing, but maybe just this once… I really don’t owe my trump-supporting friends an apology. I’ve been critical of trump these last several years, and am still exhausted from the experience. But to be fair,…
I ran across a surprising article this morning: NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet struggles to sell. It’s about how someone bought Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s first-ever tweet, which says “just setting up my twttr”, for $2.9 million! Well, they didn’t…
The Republican party long ago lost its moral compass. But today’s Republican Party has become the Party of the Insane. (See video below.) Yes, there are sane Republicans. But, they are no longer in control of the party. The insane…
“Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.”— John Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) Forty years ago today, I remember walking into the co-op where I was living in college and…
Today I ran across a BBC article asking, How can employees also be social-media activists? The article goes on to caution, “Experts say that unfiltered social activism could cost you valuable career currency.” While I understand this point, there is…
Betsy Devos, U.S. Secretary of Education, has vowed to have schools open in the fall. “Kids have got to get back to school,” she says. And, like her boss, she is intent on classes being held in-person, not-online, full-time. The…
A friend of mine posted this COVID-19 update on Facebook this morning. It’s worth sharing. So with permission… COVID-19 UPDATE–PAROLED EDITION Well, after an enforced hiatus for making an empirically supported observation about a certain country’s citizens’ lack of ambulation…
Tom Burtell is a symptom of something that makes me mad. And sad. Last night, there was a community meeting in nearby Saline, MI to address a recent rash of racists messages circulating among area students. But it didn’t take…
Three years ago this morning, my great friend, David Overlander — DaveO — left the party for the last time. While I greatly miss him and I’m saddened by his untimely exit, I’m grateful to have been his friend for…
H. L. Mencken (September 12, 1880 – January 29, 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, satirist, cultural critic, and scholar of American English H. L. Mencken. Writing in the Baltimore Evening Sun, on July 26, 1920, Mr. Mencken prophesized a…