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?")

Immigration

The Little Pink Rabbit on Highway 83

By the end of 2024, at least 80 people had died in Operation Lone Star pursuits, including children and bystanders. Even some officers began to question the chase policy. “We’re not stopping the cartels,” said one DPS trooper anonymously. “We’re just chasing shadows and wrecking families.”

Trump

Let Loose the Frogs of War

With apologies to Shakespeare.

Trump

A Soldier's Duty

"I was out there crying when I seen the little girl come around the corner, because they was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other. One of them [soldiers] literally laughed. He was standing right here. He said, ‘Fuck them kids.’”

Trump

Apocalypse? Maybe Now.

Noonan nailed it.

Trump

The Mad King

Like an evangelical minister doing coke rails behind the pulpit, Hegseth paced and preached. “No more division, distraction, and gender delusions. No more debris. As I’ve said before, and will say again: We are done. With that. Shit.” And then he gave them 45 minutes of that shit.

Trump

I Bless the Rains Down in Africa

By the way, I wrote this entirely with an autopen.

national politics

One Nation, Under Gun

To treat Charlie Kirk's fate as inexplicable is to misunderstand the soil from which violence grows in America. In most states, it’s easier to buy an AR-15 than it is to register to vote. We act shocked when those weapons are turned on politicians, activists, or everyday citizens.

Notes From the Underground

Lawnmowers, cigars and freedom of the press.

Health Care

The Turkey that Destroyed US Healthcare

The swarthy and sinister RFK Jr, the one who appears every bit as baked - physically and mentally - as that dead brown bird on your Thanksgiving table, is dismantling what's left of America's health care system.

national politics

OK, I'll Weigh In

Well, here we go again.

Health Care

The Way We Were

For the first half of the 20th century, summers were not carefree for children or adults. Swimming pools were often shuttered, playgrounds empty and quiet, and parental dread informed every decision about their children’s activities. The polio virus invisibly stalked the world...

Trump

Incoming!

Keeping up with this is is giving me whiplash.

Travel

To Look for America

I blamed America for unkept promises of fairness and equality and opportunity, but I still loved my country and believed it might one day live up to its founding promises. These days, though, I have too many reasons to be skeptical.

Trump

Onward Into the Past

They're taking us backward. How far can they go?

Economy

Investing w/ Uncle Warren & Cousin Jimmy

"All of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane." And other life lessons. Join us at the Buffett.

The Outrage Du Jour

It's core customer base was all sitting in God's waiting room for a table. No Gen Z'er would ever be heard to say, "Hey, babe. Let's head over to Cracker Barrel for some sweet potato pie and that peg board game." But you can still get a chicken-fried steak.