Category Archives: 2018
The Daily Dose – October 7, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… WE THE PEOPLE: Whether any Second Amendment supporter is ready for it or not, eventually America will begin talking seriously about regulating weapons whose sole purpose is killing large numbers of people. It’s inevitable. … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 4, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… TAKE ME OUT TO THE ONE GAME WILD CARD PLAYOFF: The baseball playoffs began Tuesday with the New York Yankees defeating the Minnesota Twins in a one-game playoff to determine who opens at Cleveland … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 3, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… CAN’T WE JUST CUT AND PASTE THE LAST MASS SHOOTING COLUMN?: We were hoping that the angry, white misfits that regularly subject this nation to mass shootings would be content to have one of … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – October 1, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… MORE LOW TAXES, FREE MARKETS CRAP: By any measure America is as divided as it’s ever been and one of those divisions is between the haves and have-nots. The Great Recession is as responsible … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – September 30, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… USA! USA! Even before Donald Trump earned the White House we said he would be as embarrassing a president as he was as a candidate. We were right. The only hope, we added, was … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – September 27, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… LEADING OFF: Usually this feature focuses on one item for the first half, before diving in with your treasured On This Date, Trivia and Quotebook features. Today though, we have a few things to cover. … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – September 26, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… HUT, HUT PROTEST: The Great NFL National Anthem Protest Saga continues, with the number of players protesting this past weekend going from a trickle to a stream. Anthem protests in the NFL started last … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – September 24, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… YAWN…HERE WE GO AGAIN: We weren’t completely thrilled with our reaction to the headline proclaiming Lamar Johnson, a black man, of course, had been released from prison in Maryland after serving 13 years for … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – September 23
Notes from around the Human Experience… USA! USA!: For the all of my life, and probably all or most of yours, the United States has been sparring verbally with dictators, from Eisenhower to Trump, from Khrushchev to Saddam Hussein to … Continue reading
The Daily Dose – September 19, 2017
Notes from around the Human Experience… Author’s Note: We’ve read Judge Timothy Wilson’s verdict and we encourage you to do the same. It is very readable, accessible even to self-educated misfits like us and is worth the time of every … Continue reading