POETS Day! Vita Sackville-West
In addition to being a popular writer during her lifetime, Vita’s notable for being Virginia Woolf’s inspiration the novel Orlando
Category: Feature
Weekend Plans Post: The Royal Rumble
There have been a *LOT* of developments in the Wrestling World. Weird ones.
Thursday Throughput: Boeing Edition
Various grifters have rushed to blame this on “DEI” policies at Boeing. But the problems are more conventional: corporate greed, regulatory capture and a culture of cutting corners.
Nikki Haley’s Chance
At this point, Nikki Haley is on a quixotic quest to deny Trump the nomination. It’s not going to happen. It would require several miracles.
A Pitiful Display in New Hampshire
Donald Trump, New Hampshire, Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, the GOP, and a relevant tidbit of Henry David Thoreau being yelled at by a preacher.
Meatball Ron, We Hardly Knew Ya
Ron DeSantis’ final parting shot at “the establishment” was pathetic. My dude…you WERE the establishment candidate
Don’t Turn a Blind Eye as the GOP Starts to Implode Bureaucratically
Republicans failing to see the forest for the trees, or why the GOP may yet snatch defeat from the jaws of victory
DeSantis Drops Out
The DeSantis campaign ended as it started: On the platform formerly known as Twitter.
Trump and the Church
As a great shirt says, “Love God and love people.” But how much love do we see coming from the actions and words of Donald Trump?
America Needs Farmers, Just Not Their Politics
America Needs Farmers, or more accurately needs a strong agricultural industry, but do they need the regressive politics that come with them?
2024 Oscar Projections: Final Nomination Predictions
Less than a week after my last outlook into how the battle for nominations at this year’s Oscars are shaking up
POETS Day! My Problems with Walt Whitman
I cringe at the images “Whitman fan” conjures; wannabe Annie Savoys from Bull Durham singing the body electric
Can Nikki Haley win New Hampshire? (And Does It Matter?)
If we’ve learned anything this cycle, it’s that you can’t win a primary by ignoring your opponent’s numerous serious flaws and hoping that he goes away.
Weekend Plans Post: Slow Cooker Theory, The Bookcase That Got Away From Us, and a Small Victory
This weekend’s plans include the recipe for Lamb Dijon. Which, thankfully, requires that I brown some lamb and nothing involving a mixing bowl.
On Movie Soundtracks that Don’t Suck
I’ve been thinking about movie soundtracks every other day for 3 months. The best Orchestral ones are pretty easy.
Vaccines Are A Billion Miracles
The triumph of vaccines is being prevented by unscrupulous grifters and liars, bolstered by the anti-vaccine rhetoric of the COVID pandemic.
It Was Always Going To Be Trump
The Republican Party is Trump’s party now, and the string of electoral defeats is likely to continue until Republican voters realize that most Americans don’t like MAGA.
2024 Oscars Projections: Critics Award, Industry Nominates
We’ve finally seen some major movement in the awards’ races however. Critics, journalists, and content creators that makeup the major critics groups have had their say
About Last Night: Trump Wins Iowa
This isn’t a primary; Two-thirds of the GOP is all about Donald Trump’s vengeance, the other third an exercise through the stages of grief.
