Category Archives: 2018
The Daily Dose – July 3, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… SORT OF HOT CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ACTION: The 3rd of July, sandwiched as it is between the 2nd of July – when the United Colonies actually declared their independence from Britain – and the 4th … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – July 2, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… WHAT IN THEE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?: The GOP is in power and they are unable to govern! This is relatively funny, actually. A party in control of both the White House and … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – June 30, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… ADVANTAGE: MEN: Former professional tennis player John McEnroe opened his yap last week and, not for the first time, something that ended up controversial came out. It was actually fairly innocuous, though this did … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – June 28, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… USA! USA!: The United States Senate has announced it will not vote on its GOP-written health care bill anytime soon. Considering how lousy a bill it was, along with the fact very few liked … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – June 26, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… CAPSULE VICE PRESIDENTIAL MOTORCADE REVIEW: Vice President of the United States Mike Pence, Interstate 25, Colorado Springs, Colorado: Unless you are a stalker, you generally do not run into vice presidential motorcades too often, … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – June 25, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT: The picture of United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was almost laughable. We saw it on the AP wire and you may have seen it, too. Dutifully … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – June 21, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT: One of the funny things about Tuesday’s special US House of Representatives election in Georgia was how it was being hailed as a referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency. … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – June 21, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… CAPSULE BOOK REVIEW: Lincoln, The Prairie Years by Carl Sandburg: Whew. Made it. Climbed the mountain. That is the best way to describe putting this book down for the final time, because completing this … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – June 19, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… RIP, SHIPMATES: No matter what the investigation into the crash of the USS Fitzgerald with a Philippine-flagged container ship ends up showing, it will show that seven US Navy sailors died needlessly. This Is … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – June 18, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… HERE WE GO AGAIN: Last month we wrote about Cleve Heidelberg, an Illinois man who spent 47 years in prison after being convicted of murder, a conviction that was vacated earlier this year. It … Continue reading