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Multiple sclerosis took away my dad’s ability to walk. It also snatched the option of living out his golden years on his beloved, 106-acre centennial farm. But MS has not robbed my 77-year-old stepfather of his mind-blowing quick wit, curiosity, friskiness or love of life. He’s...
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I was mildly entertained. But now I’m wildly troubled. This raging asshole could get the votes of millions of idiot citizens and become our next president. I was pushed over the edge when Trump criticized the parents of slain U.S. patriot Captain Humayun Khan and...
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Nobody’s coming for your firearms, Pee Pants, so stand the fuck down. This is all about keeping guns out of the hands of bad guys. If you’re on the No Fly List, you shouldn’t own an Uzi. If you want to terrorize and kill people,...
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Life is fraught with tough decisions. Taking down a 450-pound silverback male gorilla with a 3-year-old child in his possession is not one of them. Sure it was sad for the ape who just turned 17 and had his whole life before him, albeit in...
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I nearly choked on my Lean Cuisine Vermont white cheddar mac and cheese last night when Lester Holt casually mentioned Donald Trump’s new delegate count. 666. Of course that’s a fluid number and today, with additional delegates from Illinois and Missouri, it’s moved on to...
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I’m a big fan of writer/actor, Albert Brooks and joyously follow him on Twitter. But his unfunny post after the New Hampshire primary threw me for a loop. “Trump and Sanders win New Hampshire. There should be a joke there but I am genuinely scared,”...
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As a lifelong Michigander, I’m particularly disgusted by what’s going on 165 miles away in Flint. This once thriving town fell hard in the 1980s when General Motors closed nearly all of their auto plants. In 1978, GM employed 80,000 Flint workers. Today it’s around...
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