I have to give Donald Trump credit. His presidency is truly historic, and future academics will be riding the Trump train through graduate schools in record numbers. Of course, he and his supporters disagree with me on why his administration is historic. They point to what he has done as success stories while I think […]
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Denis Leary had a song in his one-man show “No Cure for Cancer” called Asshole. In it, he details examples of people he considers eligible for the tainted designation. A lot of observational standup comedy is devoted to complaints about assholes. Anal oriented individuals certainly don’t appear to be an endangered species. Which is too
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,It’s been a whole month since our last serious school shooting (Florida). I think it’s safe, nay required, to say that our fearless (“I’d run in there even if I was unarmed”) leader deserves massive credit for his prompt action in handling the school shootings in this country. He has met the problem head on
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Exhibit A: For the past few months, I’ve been re-watching one of my favorite television series, Monk. Maybe you know it. Tony Shalhoub plays Adrian Monk, a brilliant detective who works through endless phobias and social anxieties to solve crimes on a weekly basis. It’s hilarious, well-written, and brilliantly acted. Lately, I’ve noticed something else about
. . . and the Right to Eat Dinner Whenever I Want Read More »
Two of my regular readers have noticed my absence from these pages and wonder what’s going on. The answer is that I lost one of my three faithful readers. For any writer that is bad. The fact that the reader was my oldest son makes the loss a tragedy beyond comprehension. The death of my
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“Did you watch the chairs?” my wife Kim asked. I gave what I assume was a puzzled look. “Why would I watch the chairs?” I asked. “Are they going somewhere?” Kim held up a bowl of fruit. “I said, ‘Did you wash the cherries?’” she rolled her eyes. “I am so tired of repeating myself.
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As a Denver Bronco fan since 1965, I have a long dislike of the Boston/New England Patriots. In the sixties, the Broncos were inept and quarterbacks like Boston’s Babe Parilli carved up the Denver defense like deli meat. So I was naturally glad to see Philadelphia eke out a win in Super Bowl LII. The
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“STOP!” I looked at Jacob Ind, his fist balled up and drawn back. His eyes almost glowed with an incomprehensible anger. He held my gaze and then slowly dropped his hand to his side. I breathed an inaudible sigh of relief. It was the closest I had ever come to having a student swing at
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Except for children, the infirm, and the elderly, I think anyone who decides to eat laundry soap deserves whatever happens. I’d rather not have to pay for their upkeep if they survive as vegetables. The Darwin Awards can always use new candidates, and the Tide Pod Challenge certainly qualifies. For the uninitiated, the Darwin Awards
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I was on my knees, forehead touching the floor in some perverted Islamic prayer stance. The echo of my scream still rang in my ears as I tried to catch my breath. I was dimly aware of my wife asking frantically what was wrong. I didn’t know how to answer and lacked the oxygen necessary
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