Banishment!

Two groups of people clashing during a street protest behind a window with two bystanders inside

In the sixties and seventies, I hung around with a bunch of Folkies who were a bit impressed with themselves. One or two had political aspirations, and it wouldn't be too far off base to say they walked around with chips on their shoulders and a "hurray for me!" attitude. What made their aspirations farcical …

One Vote

Men in period clothing socializing in a political meeting hall with American flag and reform posters

If you are not registered to vote, and exercising the right to vote on election day you are missing out on your most direct chance at influencing the politicians. Back In "Eastie" Back when I was working in "Eastie" the local politician who represented that ward on the city council had a James Micheal Curly …

Dictablanda

I sometimes see a prompt and have to sit on it for a while.

The Way Back When Machine

Currently, I feel as though I've landed in the Way Back When Machine. It's the 1960s again.

Today’s Politics and Abusive Relationships

The other day, I realized that as a country, the United States has become trapped in an abusive relationship. How would I know? I was in a few before therapy helped me realize that being abused was not how I wanted to live my life. Subsequently, I was able to extract myself from the abuse …

You Gotta be kidding me!

My life in an Aternate Universe? You gotta be kidding me! Been there and done that.

PEJORATIVE!

I don't know about you, but I've started running out of expressive expressions that let people really know how I feel about the turkey turds in Washington. Mere obscenities just don't cut it anymore. Just as I was bout to despair, my son introduced me to the Rude Compounds on Reddit. Someone cross-referenced the use …

Rotten?

Daily writing promptHow do you want to retire?View all responses At age seventy-eight, I am still working, contributing to a retirement plan, and saving for a future retirement. I'm still playing catch-up from the disruption caused by the "Reinvention of Government" under Bill Clinton. I'm my own analyst at running the numbers every month as …