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Monthly Archives: January 2020

Operation theocracy heating up

Monday, January 13, 2020

This is something that, so far as I am currently aware, is at least currently passing pretty much under the radar, as are so many heinous things from the current administration. President Donald Trump plans to introduce new guidance for expanding “constitutional prayer” in public schools. According to CBS News broadcaster Steven Portnoy, Trump’s schedule for […]

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A gross injustice

Thursday, January 9, 2020

Major League’s Baseball Commissioner has initiated an investigation of the Boston Red Sox for sign stealing via electronic means. The entire investigation is a travesty. What kind of country is this, where you can steal elections but not signs? Not only that, consider this distinction without a difference: Sign-stealing that relies on nothing but human discernment and […]

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In case you missed it

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

I have mentioned before that I keep a diary on my Ipad, which automatically shows me entries from the same date in past years. I think I’ve also mentioned that I try to note the latest doings in the world of the very stable genius.  I didn’t get to it until late last night, so […]

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Do I smell a rat?

Monday, January 6, 2020

I understand that John Bolton has announced that he will honor a subpoena to the Senate trial if he receives one. I also understand that he is a big cheerleader for an Iranian war, and is quite happy with the genius’s recent actions with respect to that country. If I were advising Nancy and the […]

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Words matter

Saturday, January 4, 2020

Old Friend Steve Fournier, a fellow alum of HPHS, sends out email “rants” on a regular basis, and I’m privileged to be on his list. With his permission, I’d like to share the latest, which I think makes an extremely valid point. I also told Steve that I would point out that I disagree with […]

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A look ahead

Wednesday, January 1, 2020

A few days ago I said I’d soon be putting up my predictions for the coming year, but due to the fact that the mathematically innumerate continue to claim we begin a new decade this year, I’ve decided to stretch things a bit, and look even farther into what I fear will be our dystopian […]

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