Category Archives: Op-Ed

Growing up in the Reaganeighties, there was so much bullshit propaganda on the dangers of the Soviet Union and the threat of communism and a global nuclear war, it was maddening. It’s coming up on the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of the Soviet Union this month. Maybe it was because I was only 13Continue reading “How I Became A Socialist (And You Can Become One Too)”

This post isn’t about the false education we were told about Thanksgiving when we were in school. Yes, the Pilgrims pretty much screwed themselves over in the early 1620s and are lucky they survived. The Indigenous Native Americans save their asses and the first celebration was temporarily a truce before the smallpox-infested blankets and theContinue reading “Why Thanksgiving Is Such A Fucked-Up Holiday”

From the moment, that awful Bruce Schroeder, the judge who was presiding over the Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial, made the ruling that those shot couldn’t be referred to as “victims,” the tracks had been laid for the acquittal. Everyone was expecting it. That’s the ultimate shame of our judicial system. We already knew where itContinue reading “Rittenhouse Verdict Only Proves It’s Going To Get Much Worse Before It Gets Better”

When Britney Spears’ …Baby, One More Time album was released in the winter of 1999, she was not even 18. At 17, she was a kid, but almost immediately, the oversexualization of her was evident. The photo of her looking up innocent with a denim skirt with a lot of skin showing on her legsContinue reading “Why We Owe Britney A Huge Apology”

I first heard about the Oscar-winning Minari when I saw the listing for extras when it was filmed in the Tulsa area during the summer of 2019. I even applied to a few listings but wasn’t called back. The movie stars Steven Yeun of The Walking Dead fame in a far different role as JacobContinue reading “‘Minari’ Roots Itself In Familiar Ground”

Today is Veterans Day, honoring all past and present military veterans. For the first time this Veterans Day in about 20 years, we are not involved in a war. It might not seem important despite what happened in Afghanistan but it should be a painful reminder to what people did and continue to do. I’mContinue reading “Honoring Veterans Should Take More Effort Than Social Media Posts”

The Kyle Rittenhouse murder trial is a case that has been a long time coming in the American judicial system. What constitutes self-defense, vigilantism or flat out murder? We’ve often had a grey area in discussing the matter and it’s only gotten worse in the last 20 years. When I was working in Americus, Ga.,Continue reading “The Kyle Rittenhouse Murder Case Won’t End Well Regardless Of The Verdict”