I don’t want to shock or alarm anybody, but here in the United States of Freedom Land, we have a teency-weency little major problem with school shootings. Some might say we have a gun violence problem in general, but there’s really no argument that far too many shootings happen on school campuses here in the […] More
In 2016, 10-year-old Benjamin Giroux was given an assignment in his New York school. The assignment was to write a poem about himself and use the phrase “I am” to start a few couplets in what he wrote. What came out of Benjamin’s mind, though his fingers, and onto his paper was so insightful and moving it […] More
I’m of a certain age that puts in me in a generational gap space between Gen X and Millennial, though more toward the latter. I believe comedian Eliza Schlessinger put it best when she called herself and “elder millennial.” Being born when I was, I was lucky enough to be born when home computing, and […] More
The majority of what I write is satirical fiction. You would think that the headline “College is Bad for America, Say Majority of Republicans,” would be one of those satirical headlines. After all, how can college be bad for America? Even if you don’t like a particular subject, or a particular professor, isn’t it a […] More
We’re still a long way away from being able to target a torpedo down an exhaust shaft that’s only two meters wide, but the University of Surrey’s RemoveDEBRIS satellite just did something that could put mankind squarely on the road toward being able to one day blow up a Death Star. From a distance of 20 […] More
Alex Jones is a bottom feeder among bottom feeders. It’s everyone’s right to listen to and believe whatever they want, but categorically, empirically, Jones is a scumbag conman who peddles snake oil and dangerous, violent conspiracies like pizzagate. For years, Alex has made his living riling up ignorant and easily gullible people, spinning every tragedy […] More
Fans of Adult Swim’s animated smash hit “Rick and Morty” have been desperate for news of when the show’s fourth season will debut since the end of the third season in 2017. Since its inception, the show — which is hilariously inspired by Doc and Marty of “Back to the Future” fame — has enjoyed […] More
The measles outbreak up in the pacific northwest is bringing to light just how urgent a public health crises the anti-vaxxer movement is. Somehow, there are some Americans who have gotten so well-educated, and have gotten just comfortable enough financially to take super-dumb risks with their children’s health that the overwhelming majority of their grandparents […] More
Over the weekend, Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota announced her candidacy in the 2020 presidential election, in the middle of a snow storm. A day later, America’s premier climate scientist — President Donald Trump — took to Twitter to explain why she should’ve waited to make her announcement because her points about global warming were […] More
Revenge may be a dish that’s best served cold, but the El Paso Zoo thinks it might also be best served as a cockroach. You read that right. As reported by CBS News, this February 14th, you can send the zoo in El Paso, Texas your ex-boyfriend or girlfriend’s name and they’ll christen a cockroach in their […] More
In the pacific northwest a measles outbreak is underway, and I’m not saying that Jenny McCarthy is responsible; I’m just here to point out that a few years ago she was the celebrity spokesmodel for the anti-vaxx movement. I’m not saying that McCarthy is criminally liable; just morally…at least a little. Remember — the measles […] More
Personally, I try to think about my death and mortality as little as possible. I don’t know what that means for someone who is 38 years old, I just know that for my own piece of mind, the more contemplate life, death, and anything before or after, I get a little too angsty for my […] More
