It’s kind of ironic that I just started listening to the audiobook of Ron Chernow’s biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton. I’m just at the beginning, but there’s a lot there that’s […]
The Supreme Court Got It Wrong
2021 in Review: My Year in Books
Below are the books I read this year. If I’ve posted a review, the images will be clickable to that review. After watching Bridgerton on Netflix, I had a desire to read […]
J.K. Rowling and the Problem of Heroification
In an interesting bit of synchronicity, in early December I read an article about the upcoming Harry Potter Reunion (for the record I watched it first thing this morning) and the “problem” […]
Ida, Ida Go Away….
I made my end-of-the-season business trip that morphed into 10 days away from home. Since my son has no way to get to work during the week if I’m not home, I […]
The Great Mask Debate: Sending Your Child to Potentially Die on Your Sword
There is great debate going on right now about masks in schools. Honestly, I don’t see why it’s an issue. It seems to me to be pretty cut-and-dried that children can’t be […]
Most Annoying Driving Habits Out There
None of us are perfect, I know. We all make mistakes while we’re driving and hopefully no one gets hurt when we do. This is the case most of the time. There […]
Commenting on a Story? Please Show Your Work
I try to stay off of local news articles. It was pretty bad before Donald Trump was elected President, but since he’s been in office the level of meanness towards our fellow […]
It’s Not Them, It’s You
I keep reading about the problems people are having filling low-wage jobs right now. Those with class privilege have no problem pointing the finger at the current level of unemployment benefits and […]
The GOP Hypocrisy Continues: Why Even Local Candidates Can’t Be Considered
My friend Alex wrote an excellent post a few days back about how he was a victim of the “cancel culture” right-wingers are currently wringing their hands about. You see, he was […]
The Difference Between Exploiting a Community and NIMBYism
In the White Mountains of New Hampshire, there was a long fight against the Northern Pass Project. The is was a private project to run high power transmission lines through the mountains […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.