Meryl Streep’s speech, as entertaining as it was, amounts to howling in the dark, for all the effect it will have on those who don’t already agree with her. I applaud her, but I don’t think it amounts to anything. What is interesting, and remains interesting, is that Donald Trump remains compelled to judge the […]
From five years ago today (Nov 1, 2011) , a rant on the subject of Ann Coulter, shared anew because of the — trigger warning for vomitous imagery — rather septic wordsmithery, of which I am perversely proud. (quote) I have, from time to time in my life, met people who proudly declared that they […]
If you have any elderly relatives who you love but with whom you have experienced a sometimes contentious relationship that occasionally spills out into the present day, you have experienced the following, at least once, if not frequently. You tell them something. They say, “What?”, or mis-repeat what you just said. You repeat yourself, louder. […]