Across many years living in Texas and commenting on education, I often railed against homeschoolers. Not homeschoolers in general, just the ones sitting on the state school board. Yes, people with no stake in our schools — even outright antipathy toward them — governing them. Which sounds…
It is possible to low-ball even Donald Trump’s threshold for corruption. I did. When reports showed he sought to extort Ukraine to torpedo Joe Biden’s candidacy, the assumption – my assumption – was that Trump had demanded an investigation of his most-likely Democratic rival. Wrong. What Trump…
Hardy har har. Increasing numbers of Floridians are dying of a newly invigorated virus, and Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to make puns of Anthony Fauci’s name. Yuckety yuck. Amid a resurgence of death and devastation, Marco Rubio wants to mock face coverings – again. Chortle,…
Last October in a Rocky Mountain fire season without end, my son got a sorrowful message. On a morning when the sky wore a sandpaper hue, he was in front of his apartment when something drifted from the sky and into his hand: A charred aspen leaf.…
Republicans want their history laundered and starched. This apparently includes likening facilitators of life-saving medical care to Nazis. That’s what GOP Congresswoman Lauren Boebert did the other day before a red-meat CPAC audience. “Needle Nazis” were coming to the doors of unsuspecting Americans to coerce them…
The day after Independence Day last week, Huffington Post had a fitting “tribute” to – well, let’s have HuffPost say it: “They rejected democracy. They lied. And they spent July Fourth calling themselves patriots.” Featured was a collection of gushing faux patriotism from Republicans who have shown…
The valedictorian left the podium empty-handed, except for his hold on classmates’ hearts. The principal took away his microphone and his prepared remarks, but when grads shouted, “Let him speak,” another mic was produced and, by memory, he said all he intended. “For so long I tried…
Visiting the southern border last week, Vice President Kamala Harris said this: “We’re talking about children. We’re talking about families. We’re talking about suffering. And our approach has to be thoughtful and effective.” You could just hear the Republican Party snort. No reference to drug dealers…
“Welcome to ‘White Grievance Weekly,’ the news magazine of the patriotic and pasty. “On this show, loyal viewers of OEN – One Ethnicity Network – learn about the never-ending efforts to chap the hides of God-fearing Anglo Americans. “Last week’s episode we devoted to the dark day 54 years…
Observing our president in Europe, I could only think: Things are getting better. I saw him talk of conciliation and cooperation. I saw him exhibit world leadership, not egotistical showmanship. I saw him smile sunbeams of reassurance to allies. I saw that his wife’s hand did not elude his grasp.…