SOCIETY – GO BLINDLY

Covid Covid Covid

10 Dec 202010 Dec 2020

I see them with my own eyes: males and females, walking alone or in pairs in their maroon or navy blue CNA uniforms. They walk past my opened door, up…

Band-Aids

6 Dec 202010 Dec 2020

These are the least among us. Every home has a box of bandages. My home has a box of multi-sized Band-Aids, useful for small nicks and large lacerations. I have…

The Sadist

She refused to tell me her name but I can identify her in a lineup. She's a sadist. She enjoys inflicting pain. Cruelty is second nature to her. She likes…

A Prison By Any Other Name

5 Dec 20207 Dec 2020

The name of the facility should inspire confidence in the heart of anyone with an association with the Roman Catholic Church: St Catherine Laboure Place. This is the namesake of…

Rachel

I want this to be an ode, an anthem, a love song. But not an elegy. I was transfixed by her eyes. Realizing they are hazel. All this time, I…

Talking About The Virus

Three times over the last six months, my sinuses have been explored by Q-Tips and three times, the results have been negative. Time for joy. Just the same, I think…

Survival of the Fittest

The average lifespan of Americans is 78.69 years. That was in 2016, the last year the statistic was collected. While that sound like a ripe old age, the Canadian, Japanese…

Domestic Terrorism

The Rage Against Nancy Pelosi Is Akin to Domestic Abuse

Twitter is an echo chamber of social media loudmouths who have confused political activism with domestic abuse. To these shrill critics, it is all about meeting their demands. They scream,…

Journalism - Fourth Estate…

Shameful CNN Pitches for Trump

Why does CNN get the brunt of Trump anger when it muffs information and dumbs down its audiences in the fashion he so desires? I just listened to a two-minute…

Journalism - Fourth Estate…

Trump Launches Revenge Campaign Against the Press, Democrats

The Trump Campaign sent a chilling memo to "Television Producers" in the wake of Attorney General Bill Barr's letter, chastising them for airing "false claims" about Donald Trump and warning…

2020 Presidential Election…

The Easy Answer and the Long Wait

The dimwittery of cable news can't be overestimated. We're heading into a new presidential election and the anchors keep asking this question: Do the Democrats want someone who will beat…

Hate Has No Reason. Stop Looking.

Stop trying to find reason. The murderer who slaughtered 50 praying Muslims in two New Zealand mosques loves to hate. It's the only emotional motivation he possesses. There may be…

Words to Remember

16 Mar 201919 Mar 2019

Pay attention. Take this extremist ideology & terror threat seriously. Be wary of politicians, academics & media heads who give it a platform and spout it under the guise of…

Journalism - Fourth Estate

Fact-Finding: Do Not Trust, Always Verify

25 Feb 20192 Apr 2019

The whoppers of the last week have shown that even those who consider themselves savvy readers, can fall for - there's no other way to say this - fake news.…

WVa Delegate Would Use Satanic Drowning Test For His LGBT Children

Eric Porterfield is a relic of another age. The West Virginia state delegate made headlines recently by publicly declaring that LGBT people were "brutal monsters", "terrorists," and akin to the…

Bears to Residents: Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

By Priscilla Feral Originally published in The Register Citizen, 8 February 2019 Hunters in Connecticut killed ten people and injured 114 in hunting accidents between 1982 and 2016. Compare that…