No one should ever die over differences in belief. It is not the American way, or at least it never used to be the way we handled our disagreements. Mr. Kirk was a lightning rod of right-wing rhetoric and often…

In celebration, or denial, of members of the Illustrious Cumberland (RI) High School Class of 1974 approaching our 7th decade, I offer this idea. Let’s not go quietly! I propose the formation of… THE LAST PERSON STANDING CLUB Club rules…

President Biden has announced his Presidential Library will be located in Delaware.  This got me thinking about what Presidential libraries I have visited and what I have yet to see. Here’s the Geoge Bush Library John F. Kennedy LIbrary Artist’s…

America is fast approaching its 250th anniversary. And the planning is shaping up in ways the brilliant minds of Jefferson, Franklin, Adams, Washington, or Paine could never have imagined. Will the highlight be a reading of the Declaration of Independence…

Shirley!Shirley, Shirley Bo-ber-leyBo-na-na fanna Fo-fer-leyFee-fi-mo-mer-leyShirley! Apparently, the biggliest challenge facing our military, and by extension all areas of government, is the name of the department that runs it. Over the course of time, wokeness has caused us to dilute the…

In the brilliant piece by Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal, Swift suggested that the state should provide care up to the age of one for infants of the poor. At that time, properly aged and fattened, they would be turned…

The following is a priceless example of the nonsensical, unoriginal, and idiotic pablum being offered by and to Trump supporters. Like a call for the government to come clean on UFOs and the aliens we have in custody and asking…

“In addition to winning the Electoral College in a landslide, I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally.”Donald J. Trump, November 27, 2017 Tweet Stung by the ignominy of losing the popular election…

Blackbird singing in the dead of nightTake these broken wings and learn to flyAll your lifeYou were only waiting for this moment to arise. Blackbird by John Lennon & Paul McCartney (Some thoughts on life and nature. Brought to you…

Our illustrious President, in his continuing quest for a magic wand to end the devastation from SARS-CoV-2, made a shocking statement. When someone who makes shocking statements as a matter of habit says something to rouse great consternation across an…