America, Home of the Selfish You know what, folks? I take it all back. All that stuff I’ve said for years now about how Donald Trump did not represent the values of this country- yeah, I was simply wrong. Now, this column is not about that bloviating warthog, but I think it imperative at this […]
It’s a Wage Shortage not a Labor Shortage Oftentimes, life feels like one giant, swift kick to the nuts. And then, right at the moment you pick yourself back up and shake off the agonizing pain with a series of slow, deliberate breaths and straighten yourself to full height, life comes along and plants another […]
Joe Manchin is a DINOsaur: Democrat in Name Only Do you remember when you used to believe in Santa Claus? The Easter Bunny? The Tooth Fairy? Republicans with integrity? Those were blissful years, weren’t they? But then you grew up and realized that Santa is but a myth your parents told you to make you […]
Vaxed, Waxed, and Relaxed, Baby Vaccinated and it feels so good…. Oh yeah, that’s right, America! Thanks to the success of three effective Covid vaccines, we are beginning to see signs of normalcy popping up all around us, like Spring blossoms pushing their way through the latent soil. With 37.8% of the population fully vaccinated […]
Cancelling Truth Damn you, Republicans! Damn you for forcing me to defend Liz Cheney. I’m talking Liz Fucking Cheney here, the same woman who voted with Donald Trump 92.9% of the time and was given a 91% rating by the Heritage Action and CPAC committees. The same Liz Cheney who the Lugar Center ranked as […]
Grateful to Be a Deadhead In reflecting back on my years of listening to the Grateful Dead, there are many fond memories I have of the experience and many more that, for reasons I shall decline to explicate here, I am no longer able to recall. But music, especially in the world of recorded audio, […]
Famous for Being Famous Much to my chagrin, and the unmitigated amusement of my children, I am set to turn 50 in just a couple of months. That’s right, Craigers is turning the big 5-0. Which leaves me wondering- how did that happen? When did old age sneak up behind me and club me over […]
If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Cheat… Way back in 1982 when I was an aspiring young Little League pitcher and my dad, who had never played competitive baseball in his entire life, was coaching my team, I remember a particularly painful loss and the invaluable lesson my father/coach/hero/role model taught me that fine Spring afternoon. […]
The American Justice System on Trial Once upon a time, I believed in the United States justice system. In fact, I even went to law school based upon that enduring premise. Now, just stop your chortling and snickering; I’m serious. I truly felt like courts in America were generally fair and equitable distributors of blind […]
The Moral Hypocrisy of Trump Voters Oh, my Republican friends, don’t say that I didn’t try to warn you. Way back in 2016 and again in 2020, I tried to caution you that if you disregarded all of Trump’s unabashed moral indiscretions and voted for that steaming pile of unprincipled dog manure that you would […]
