Category: Opinion
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Who lost the shutdown? The American People
The pundits are at it again: pointing fingers at each side as to “who won the shutdown” and blaming everyone but themselves for the problems we find ourselves in these days. Instead of chasing quality reporting and information, they instead chase the latest controversy as if it is the worst possible event to ever happen…
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Everyday things
I was at the store over the weekend on an errand, waiting in line watching a video on my phone while the lone checkout counter was being overwhelmed by customers. There was an old timer behind me who was grumbling about the price of a Payday candy bar. Picked it up in his wrinkled hands,…
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Stroll into Submission
It started off with something awful, an anecdotal incident that to the President was the last straw, apparently. This young guy who is known forevermore as “Big Balls” whose real name is Edward Coristine was carjacked by a couple of teens. The former staffer with the Department of Government Efficiency was essentially an excuse for…
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Can a party be ‘Entitled’ to more seats?
The headline of this particular opinion piece says it all. Our wonderful President Donald Trump has finally said what many who are elected and serve from the local to the national level of government can come to believe after being in office for a while, that they are entitled to keep their seat. What do…
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Dueling Socials
The moment I saw the headline yesterday afternoon, the first thing I did was call my mother to gloat. Not because I felt extreme schadenfreude over watching the war of words between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump playing out in real time. Instead, I was calling to gloat because I was right. “It won’t…
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Ukraine’s ‘Spiderwebs’ operation is a glimpse of the future
When someone thinks of battle, they probably think of World War II movies. Probably this scene, in fact: Americans are getting ready to remember a date in modern history that is meant to remind everyone just what a dominant player on the global battlefield the nation is supposed to be, both past and present. June…
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AI Inexperience
Promises a lot, but doesn’t deliver in my book I believe in the amazing capacity of the human brain. I also believe in the amazing capacity of technology. My experience when you try to blend the two together: Very mixed results on a personal level. During the process of The Great Rebuild of the site…
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New Boss, Old Boss
Ah yes, the words of The Who’s “Won’t Get Fooled Again” ring through my head this morning more than ever before. “Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.” Ain’t that the truth after the 2024 Election results came in overnight and finally the race was declared (at least by the Associated Press) for…
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Election Day should be a National Holiday
Tinsel-covered decorations and sales are in full force all around the nation as Christmas is right around the corner. Dollar General down the way from the house didn’t even make it past Halloween this year before they began to push out the variety candy bags and replaced them with the red and green decorations for…
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Crying wolf over the weather
What is the most annoying thing in the world? Battening down the hatches expecting terrible disasters to fall on your head only to find that whatever storm was passing was basically a wet fart. Hurricane Helene a couple of weeks ago was on target to pass directly over Polk County at one point in the…