Have you heard the phrase doomscrolling? That's when folks mindlessly consume negative news on their phone without lifting a finger to do... More
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Our most-reported cartoon of the week comes from Dave Whamond, and features a scary but funny joke about a passenger paying an extra fee to guarantee a safe landing.
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Making Sense by Michael Reagan President Trump’s speech to a joint session of Congress this week – one of the longest to... More
For the lucky few of us who grew up during the 1950s in Southern California, the non-stop coverage of the massive wildfire... More
When your old professor asks you to perform a bit from “Julius Caesar” in front of his fourth graders, you start to... More
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree “If you could read my mind, love/What a tale my thoughts could tell.” – Gordon Lightfoot Apparently, my... More
It was political theatre of the surreal, the person who attempted to engineer the destruction of democracy shamelessly taunting the individual who... More
I traveled to Israel in 2019, inspired by Seth M. Siegel’s Let There Be Water — a book so compelling it turned me... More
If you think that people are disagreeable these days about politics and culture, you can’t imagine how heated people got when I... More
I was talking to a friend the other day about another friend, who has been going through a difficult period ever since... More
The idea that Donald Trump is going to shut the post office down is another one of those internet rumors generated by... More
The U.S. government is undergoing mass layoffs that threaten many sectors previously taken for granted by taxpayers, including air safety, disease prevention,... More
Making Sense by Michael Reagan Since when did bureaucrats become a victim class? The answer to that one is easy – as... More
In addition to Jeff Bezos’ worst sin – gutting The Washington Post’s journalistic mission in order to suckle at Trump’s teat –... More
The clock is ticking. If Congress fails to act, the average American household will see their tax bill jump by over $3,000... More
I despise hosting lunches. Sitcom families don’t. Those families have fun hosting lunch parties, even when they do something I wouldn’t do,... More
Tyrades! by Danny Tyree Besides the omnipresence of cellphones (“those little machines”), my mother’s greatest frustration in her final years was the... More
According to those who were in attendance, a Black History Month reception held at the White House last week contained all the... More
If you listen to some right-wing pundits, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is running a smuggling ring across the southern border. Far be it from... More
I can’t help but dream this time of the year. It’s the thick of winter, you see, which means I’m spending hours... More
This week in Washington, one of the big news stories was a fight between Donald Trump and the Associated Press over whether... More