personal stories

To Be American

"The funnel came close enough for winds to destroy the wood-frame house and lift some of its sleeping occupants into the night sky. Elizabeth and Hope, two of Father’s sisters, were found still lying on their mattress almost a quarter mile from their bedroom."

ICE

and now the ICEholes are killing white people

That's right, ladies. The age of chivalry is quite dead. And you may be too if you're one of those woke, wine moms and decide to wave a sign or scream at our fine protectors of freedom (and pedophiles).

personal fiction

America's Second Civil War

"There was no single declaration of war. Instead, hostilities began with a series of knocks on doors that grew increasingly violent through the winter of 2025. By early 2026, Americans were no longer watching history unfold — they were standing in its doorway."

Trump

So, How's It Going?

To quote the late Queen..."Annus Horribilis."

Trump

Greenland? Really?

And it isn't about defense. Just like Venezuela wasn't about democracy. Or narcotics. What could it be then?

Travel

To Flaneur is to Fly

I learned the deceptive power of disingenuousness and how it could rot important ideas and institutions. Lost in our abundance, we've created divisions and argue over crumbs while the wealthy walked away with the cake and only looked over their shoulders for a laugh or two, and we have let them.

Trump

Nothing New Under the Gun

From the moment Teddy Roosevelt decided the Panama Canal was his personal shortcut to empire, the American narrative in Latin America has been a masterclass in saying one thing and doing another.

War

Operation: Massive Distractstein

Plus, we all dip our beaks in sunny Caracas.

Trump

The Lucky and the Deranged

One prominent group of TDS sufferers are the Mar-a-Lag-Hos. These are the botoxed, siliconed, stretched, tightened, filled, and puffed ladies and gentlemen who wander the red-carpeted halls of the Trump resort and sometimes the White House.

TV Or Not TV

Stop the presses! No, really, stop it!

faith

A Cosmic Hammer?

"The experience is real to her. I can’t say there are aliens abducting humans. But I have no way to account for what she is experiencing or thinks she is experiencing."

Trump

When Science and Civility Are Gone

If it's the Kennedy Memorial Center, don't you have to be dead to put your name on it?

Midnight in the Garden of Sane and Crazy

When Marjorie Taylor Greene says "no mas" you know it's gotten bad.

Holidays

Thankful It's Over - For Now

Political discord: forgiven and forgotten when smothered in gravy.

Trump

Take that, Oslo!

Someone wake the President! He got a prize.

Trump

American Madness

"He continues to exhibit a toxic vanity. His self-involved, insensitive remarks are now totally normal stuff from this abnormal human. This used to be an America where presidents measured themselves against history. Trump manages to make a dead soldier’s funeral about his own perceived greatness."

Trump

Praise the Lord and Pass The Ammunition...

It's all coming undone.

Trump

Another Week in Paradise

Even inter-cranial parasites have only so much tolerance.

Trump

OK, Now We're Just Winging It

When panic causes mistakes.

Trump

The Real Horror of the Epstein Story Isn’t the Crime—it’s the Indifference. (A Personal Story.)

Children who suffer sexual abuse are forever changed, their brains literally physically altered by their experiences. Meanwhile, the many, many men (and women) who abused them will feel no impact.

Technology

Forget Artificial. Can We Just Get Some Intelligence?

The bad guys are always one step ahead.

Trump

Hey! I Put Out the Fire! (I started)

Just when I think I'm out, they drag me back in.

Trump

"What is Truth?"

When "alternative facts" become gospel.

personal stories

The Birdman of the Border - A Halloween Story

"Size was not the only feature that put a fright into the cops. The bird had bright red eyes, facial features they said looked like a monkey or a gorilla, and a bald head."

Trump

The World Turned Upside Down

OK gang, here's where we are in a nutshell. (Spoiler alert: "King George is dead! Long Live King Trump?")