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.
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
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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 …
OK, somebody explain this to me. When the President, Donald Trump (R) (aka the “Orange Menace”), downplays Covid for his own political benefit, he is …
You've heard the term used with horror on left-wing propaganda outlets like CNN, MSNBC, or the NY Times, how the evil Republicans' Covid strategy is a…
Look at that. I love pictures like this. A cold, crisp winter's day, a pretty girl blowing snowflakes off of her mittens, her breath a cloud in the ai…
It was close. Damn close. Much closer than the pundits thought it would be – or at least, said out loud in public that it would be. I've been taking a…
Death. We continually choose Death. Whenever we are given a choice between Life and Death, we choose Death. So it's no surprise we chose Death. Of cou…