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My (No Doubt First Of Many) 2021 Meltdown

January 18, 2021

There is no coherence to this soapbox, nor is there meant to be any. It’s late Monday on MLK day […]

January 10, 2021

For years I have been railing against my (mostly conservative) friends who would sing the praises of big business while […]

January 3, 2021

I’ve long thought that New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day has been the cruelest, most stupid “holiday” in existence. Oh sure, […]

December 6, 2020

I had an epiphany last week on the way to work. It was around 4AM and I approached a […]

November 29, 2020

Regardless of your view on the Coronavirus, almost every single human alive is experiencing Pandemic Fatigue. If you’re genuinely […]

November 22, 2020

On November 3, 2008 I originally printed the essay below. We have reprinted it each year since on Thanksgiving weeks, […]