Uncle John
Uncle John is the black-sheep relative your family doesn't want to admit to. He's a writer, old fart, anti-extremist, dyed-in-the-wool cynic, sci-fi nerd, and practicing to be a curmudgeon. More vegan than carnivore, but very much a Constitutional "originalist"; a walking, talking contradiction in terms, and a straight, no-holds-barred talker, who will tell it like it is with no apologies. Pacific Northwest native, married for many, many years to a woman he doesn't deserve, with no kids that will acknowledge them - except for the cat, who is merely tolerant.
(Art by Natalie Kadish, www.chabad.org) A dear friend posted something on Facebook the other day, and it has given me pause to think. I won't quote it…
I'm frustrated. And sad. About a lot of things. But mostly, I'm frustrated because I feel like I'm living through the demise of the United States of A…
Today the Twitterverse is blowing up with that statement. “Nobody needs an AR-15.” Well, forgive me for saying so, but it sure as Hell looks to me lik…
Congress
16
Mar
2021
I could have called this “Governmental Bass-ackwardness” or “Why I'll Never Be A Democrat” (as redundant as that may be), but those titles cover way t…
I've had this essay drafted for several months, now, but I've hesitated to finish and post it because I know that if I'm not careful the points that n…
Yesterday, the day after the Senate did exactly what everybody expected them to do, I opened up Facebook to find two adjacent entries on my feed, one …
This “Part 2” isn't turning out the way I planned... As a casual student of history, I'm finding the shifting allegiances and undercurrents (and sheer…
Recent events have taken their toll. I know I've not been immune to their effects; I've got two or three very angry essays written over the past few w…
Congress
27
Dec
2020
So, how do you like being jerked around by the nose? Well, Hell, as long as you don't have to think for yourself, it's all good, right? Tell me, does …
I need some help, somebody to explain this to me. I know there are lots of people who believe the election was “stolen,” that there was massive voter …