#ArtSunday: Fall Flora
There’s something quite beautiful about this time of year, as nature begins tucking in and settling accounts…
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COVID Radio: Stay the Fuck Home, Becky
New and Improved! It will tap your toes, boogie your butt, make you smarter and better looking! Cures gout, unsightly warts and the heartbreak of psoriasis!
Read moreWas I Wrong About the Denver Police Department?
Did the cops take forever because they were incompetent or because they were okay with brown people carving up other brown people?
Read moreThe Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Abstract Daylily…
Read moreDo Billionaires Get a Bad Rap?
If the people with all the money are so rarely good human beings, it says something dire about the system that produces them and it has pointed implications for policy reform.
Read moreHey Look – More Goodell Bullshit!
I’ll repeat the question I asked back in June: Mr. Commissioner, which team will Kaepernick be playing for this fall?
Read moreIf Woody Guthrie Were Still Alive…
…Matthew Grimm’s Dumpster-Fire Days would be his favorite album of the last decade.
Read moreCNN: We false equivalence, you decide.
The people who want to keep us alive are as much at fault as the people who lock kids in cages and think Nazis are very fine people and who don’t care if we live or die. What was it Hunter said?
Read moreWhat conclusions would I draw about you if I didn’t know you?
When you say things like “people dying is unfortunate, but this destruction of property is unacceptable” instead of “property damage is unfortunate, but the killing of innocent people is unacceptable” … what should we think?
Read moreDefund the Police? Good Cops, Bad Cops…
The issue isn’t whether you respect Black Lives Matter. It isn’t whether you respect the Police. It’s whether the Police believe all are equal under the law.
Read moreI Hope Kanye West Gets Help
I’ve had a couple brushes with bipolar folks – one of them terrifying enough that I started carrying a gun out of fear for my well-being – and I can’t even begin to imagine what it would be like living with it.
Read moreStop Saying “Cancel Culture”
When you hear people complaining about cancel culture, ask yourself some questions.
Read moreIf We Shouldn’t Judge the Founders by Our Values, Should We Live by Theirs?
The argument that we can’t judge historical figures by current standards is an explicit affirmation that their values are not applicable in the 21st century.
Read moreWhy Am I So Cynical About Mississippi? Consider Georgia.
Recently the Rev. Dickie and I devoted a little time to clowning Mississippi and its decision to remove the Confederate battle jack from its flag. It has since been suggested to me, privately, that I shouldn’t hassle people who are doing the right thing. Maybe. I mean, better 150 years late than never, right? But there are reasons to reserve
Read moreMore on Mississippi and the Flag (See What We Did There?)
The Rev. Dickie yesterday “broke” the “leaked” design for the new Mississippi state flag, which will no longer contain the Confederate battle jack. Lots of people saw the post but almost nobody reacted, leading me to suspect many may have missed his snark.
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