It’s time America SNAPped to its senses over SNAP. Seriously. You want me to believe part of the shut down was about feeding the hungry? How many shelters are in your town? How many food banks? How many “soup kitchens?” How many stories do you read in local newspapers every year about hunger? How many […]
And I’m afraid, based on this last election and many preceding ones, along with life experience of government being involved in every aspect of our lives, we’re past the tipping point. Because when it comes to government, power and money are all about control. That’s why it steals more and more of the one and […]
Well, it is breaking news, I suppose. It just didn’t happen overnight. Whatever, pray tell, are you talking about Craig? Obviously, I’m talking about HomewardBound of the Grand Valley’s announcement that it’s closing its emergency shelter on North Avenue early next year. The announcement hit Facebook on Thursday night (don’t these folks know you always […]
Isn’t that what elections have become all about? Well, except electing folks who are the tip of the iceberg on government needing more of your money. I could have added to the headline, “Like it always does after another failed social experiment,” but I prefer to digress in the body, not the punchline, errrr, headline. […]
Tell me you haven’t asked yourself this question for two reasons. Reason No. 1, it’s the obvious question to ask, and No. 2, it’s the question none of the current union candidates seem to have a good answer for – unless you count their answers stating they are running to maintain the successes of their […]
I don’t mean our government, which is always moving but never moves to benefit the people, only itself. Yes, it’s sold “for the people” in every form it has taken over recorded history, but history always shows when government grows, the people suffer at its hands and in the end. And if you can’t see […]
I mean, we say it all the time when we hear of someone passing. Even more when someone dies at the hands of a violent event. And of course, in this case I’m talking about Charlie Kirk. I could also be talking about the young woman murdered on the train or the kids killed in […]
The quote from Michael Corleone is my second favorite quote from “The Godfather.” I can’t tell what my favorite is, because we live in a woke world and the left would come after me, again, with vengeance. Then again, it’s also the reason I shouldn’t go into what I think were Jimmy Kimmel’s funniest moments […]
Yes, I have to write about it. What happened on September 10th is simply too big to ignore. But don’t start thinking I have some poignant or uber-intellectual thought to add that is above and beyond. I don’t. Many will use those last two lines as the source of some low-level humor or insult. And […]
I’ll ask for grace as this column is being written with no notes, outline or even a topic on my mind. Sadly ironic, I just wrote my last column all about how I write columns with what’s on my mind the night before, morning of deadline. Also noted how my thinking would now change as […]