Primaries. Lots of fun. Jousting and wrestling. Friendships and alliances made, broken, and mended. Testing everyone’s mettle. Some public verbal slug fests . . . don’t do it, Connecticut Republicans, no matter how tempting.
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It’s pretty exciting to learn that fish can talk. Of course, I’m far behind the curve on this one. Apparently, Aristotle knew this a couple of thousand years ago. But, hey, the mainstream media didn’t cry the story in the agora during his day.
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Republicans claim that school choice is the best form of affirmative action. Do they really believe that? We know that a lot of voters do, as evidenced by the fact that they vote for candidates who claim to support school choice.
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Although there is a lot of happy playing and chewing of bones in my house, there are occasions when the atmosphere takes on a sinister tone.
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This subject doesn’t appear to be too original, I grant you that, but the dogs of 2021 are dogs of the pandemic, and they have something to say to us.
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There’s usually a bit of a satirical edge in my political posts, because humor illuminates truth. Or so “they” say. In this case, my thinking about our current problems began in deep sadness.
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I really thought that I’d left Andrew Cuomo behind, but no . . . just like the car in a horror movie about evil autos, he keeps popping back up in the rear-view mirror. You just can’t out pace this guy.
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Ok, I’m aging myself now, but I don’t have much choice. Back in 1962, my brother and his friends began collecting baseball cards. Of course, I wanted to collect them, too. I didn’t know much about baseball teams, but I’ve always been one to support the underdog, so I chose the Washington Senators. Never ;heard of them?
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Come on Governor Cuomo! While I was thinking about my last blog about you- creatively entitled Three Strikes, You’re Out - you managed to get into more trouble.
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According to the growing number of complaints, Governor Cuomo has a long history of illegal and obnoxious behavior toward women.
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A quick review of popular television shows, movies, and books suggests that Americans are fascinated by zombies, vampires, murderers with predilections for unusual head gear, and other manifestations of evil.
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The media’s love affair with Governor Andrew Cuomo is over. The breakup occurred a few weeks ago when Melissa DeRosa leaked the news that more people died in the nursing homes than the administration had claimed.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, set in the early 1900s, has enthralled readers for over seven decades. Its appeal lies in a deft combination of the quintessential American themes . . .
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Had you suggested, several years ago, that I would be reading young adult fiction, I would have laughed. That was before I discovered the Hunger Games and Divergent series.
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