We’re approaching Thanksgiving here in the US of A. One of the common tropes about the holiday is getting together with family and having to put up with someone’s old racist grandparents. Or uncle. That got me thinking. What out of touch thing will my generation do when we’re the Read more…
There’s a new meme floating around the internet. In response to someone saying something condescending, ignorant, racist or out of touch Gen Z coined the response “Ok boomer.” It’s a digital eye-roll. It’s flippant and irreverent. And it’s perfect. A fair number of people are quite incensed about it. There Read more…
For a long time now I’ve been struggling to put into words some ideas. They’ve been hovering just out of my grasp. Recently, I watched a video that finally articulated this idea in a concise way that was eluding me. This video is part of a series that I found interesting Read more…
Throughout the run of Trump I’ve been wishy-washy on the idea of impeachment. While I personally would love to see Trump out of the White House, impeachment is not a thing to be taken lightly. I supported the Mueller Report being given it’s due but not jumping to any conclusions until Read more…
It was Labor Day here in America yesterday. At least technically. America doesn’t know how to Labor Day though. When the idea for a labor day came about in the late 19th century, to commemorate the efforts of the labor movements pushing for better working conditions, including but not limited Read more…
Goddamn it Florida. I was born there. Despite the heat, humidity, and mosquitoes I still think of it fondly. But it’s really hard some time. Last election, Florida voters overwhelmingly voted to approve an amendment to the state Constitution that restored voting rights to felons. 1.5million people regained their basic democratic Read more…
I don’t really know where I stand on guns. I know I don’t want to own one. I know I think the feeling of needing to carry a gun with you in a peaceful suburb of America to feel safe seems ridiculous. I know I don’t like hunting and killing Read more…
Iran shot down a US military drone last week. This coming after announcements about their current level of uranium refinement was bad timing. Seeing that event and Trump’s initial response and I was expecting the potential start of a shooting war. We would retaliate, Iran would then retaliate, and the Read more…
One of the long-standing debates in America is that of public institutions vs private institutions. Generalizing quite a bit, those on the Right prefer private institutions and those on the Left prefer public institutions. The arguments boil down to the belief that institutions are more efficient and provide better service Read more…
Democrats are going to do it again. According to a new CNN poll Biden has taken a commanding lead as the Democratic frontrunner. This was a spot previously held by Bernie, though you wouldn’t know it from reading headlines. If Biden is the Democratic nominee we’ll get another 4yrs of Read more…