I got into a Twitter exchange with an ultra-right-wing person (@PolitiBunny) about the recent “nuclear option” invoked by Harry Reid to finally put an end to Republican obstruction of President Obama’s judicial nominees and executive appointments. Like most right-wingers on the Internet, she was very intolerant of viewpoints other than her own, and she displayed […]
They are looking at me with their sad eyes and their upturned faces and even though they are not saying a word I know what it is they want. It’s what they always want, every day, morning noon and night. It’s what haunts my dreams and occupies almost every waking thought. It’s what I spend […]
Let’s face it: When the Dummy books start coming out about this or that subject, whatever it is has become passe. Blogging is now passe. I’m sitting behind a older gentleman — and by “older” I mean he’s probably the same age as me, but not nearly as well-preserved — and he’s buying an armload […]
Why is the spoon always in the sink? Why?