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Lauren Boebert is a member of Congress, she’s part of the “Troll Caucus” of herself, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Madison Cawthorn, Jim Jordan, Paul Gosar and Kevin McCarthy. They’re the ones whose main goal in life is to glorify Trump, demean Biden, and spew racist, homophobic and bigoted crapola whenever someone gives them a…

Long-time readers of my blog know that around this time of year, I volunteer as a driver for the local Equinox charity. In other words, I deliver tasty Thanksgiving dinners to those in need, whether they be in the inner cities or in the hill towns. This is what I do. It’s who I am.…

I guess there’s such a thing as “new holiday tradition,” as our Christmases are now filled with 117 new Hallmark movies (60 of them starring Candace Cameron Bure and 57 of them starring Lacey Chabert), the incessant every-hour-on-the-hour of Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You,” and the manipulation of children by their…

The headline says it all. What happened at George Washington University was disgusting, and whoever the perpetrators were for this horrific crime, they should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Let me explain. Apparently the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at George Washington University has several members of the Jewish faith. According to…

In our lives, there are songs that, if I’m being generous, are just plain awful. The composition. The melody. The lyrics. All of the above. These are the songs that you can’t get away from. These are songs that can be used as torture devices. Which brings me to the subject of today’s blog post.…

Last week, an American Airlines flight from Indianapolis to New York was forced to make an emergency landing due to what had initially been described as an in-flight passenger situation. Uh-oh. Well, it turns out that the “in-flight passenger situation,” according to the New York Daily News, was because a passenger saw another passenger adjusting…

From time to time, I’ll rely on Uber to get me from Point A to Point B. They helped me tremendously when I couldn’t drive due to my various eye and foot surgeries, and they helped me when I needed to get to places where parking wasn’t always guaranteed (i.e., during a snowstorm). That being…

I keep refreshing every browser link that might have a clue as to the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train’s 2021 schedule – is it running, will there be two trains, will it be a single concert in Calgary like last year due to COVID … but no news, no puff of smoke (shall we say) from…

Back in 2014, I wrote a blog post about how a baseball player had autographed a baseball with the phrase “Psalms 3:16,” when he really meant to say “John 3:16.” Here’s a link to that original post. But here’s the strange thing. I wrote that post seven years ago, and in the past few days,…