Category Archives: Op-Ed

Well, It’s Groundhog Day…Again!

Today is Feb. 2 which is typically known as Groundhog Day, which has become more famous thanks in part to the 1993 fantasy-dramedy by the same name directed by Harold Ramis and starring Bill Murray. Punxustawney Phil who resides at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxustawney, Penn. claimed to have seen his shaow which means there areContinue reading “Well, It’s Groundhog Day…Again!”

Remember The Columbia Crew

I was living with my ex in a house that is no longer there on the morning of Feb. 1, 2003. Beverly woke me up that morning telling me the space shuttle had exploded.   I didn’t know what she really meant. I had briefly heard about the Columbia mission a week or so earlier. What was so creepy was that itContinue reading “Remember The Columbia Crew”

Never Forget The Challenger Crew

For the most part, I don’t remember seeing the Challenger explosion on TV at school, even though several of my friends say we saw it.   Maybe they did and I was sick that day. I was almost certain it was a snow day so the school had canceled classes that day. I was in the first grade and only 7 so I probably don’t remember too well.   On thisContinue reading “Never Forget The Challenger Crew”

Things Have To Get Better, Because We May Not Survive If They Get Worse

For the most part, I’ve always believed it’s going to get worse before it gets better. But the question you always want to know is – how much worse can it get?   In any normal society, the massacre at Columbine High School back in 1999 would’ve been the breaking point. But no matter how many predominantly white schools suffer massacres, it seems the powers that be react by doing everythingContinue reading “Things Have To Get Better, Because We May Not Survive If They Get Worse”

Oscar Nominations Have Been Announced, So Who Gets The Gold?

As someone who’s been watching the Oscars since the late 1980s, I wasn’t surprised by the latest nominations, even though I did think it’s odd Wicked For Good was snubbed.   It happens sometimes. Look at The French Connection II, Babe: Pig in the City, and just about every Rocky sequel. Ok, the second and third Rocky were good but not Oscar worthy. And you feel the Academy nominated The Godfather Part III just out ofContinue reading “Oscar Nominations Have Been Announced, So Who Gets The Gold?”

“Fled Cruz” Is At It Again

If you ever see Ted Cruz at an airport ahead of a winter storm that is forecast, just be warned the shit is going to hit the fan. Recently, the Republican Senator from Texas, former Presidential candidate and possible Zodiac Killer was spotted on a plane heading toward California. This comes as a winter stormContinue reading ““Fled Cruz” Is At It Again”

One Year Down, But Will It Just Be Three More Or A Lot Longer?

I’ve never met him in real life but Derek Russo is a friend of a friend. At 50, he is a hulking actor and stuntman who’s appeared in Cobra Kai, Bad Boys: Ride or Die and The Mule. He had a big role in the Creepshow Christmas episode as well.  But every now and again, we’ll get on a discussion feed on one of my friend’s social media posts. One thing aboutContinue reading “One Year Down, But Will It Just Be Three More Or A Lot Longer?”

Remembering The Legacy Of Dr. King Seems More Important Each Year

I remember back in high school, my government teacher, Georgia Hardwick, said that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. knew he was living on borrowed time the minute he started pushing back. Or shall I say that he didn’t push back. The authorities were wanting a reason to use force but by non-violent resistant, they willContinue reading “Remembering The Legacy Of Dr. King Seems More Important Each Year”