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The New Paranoia: "Queer Food"

The New York Times Book Review judges two books this week under the headline, “Taste the Rainbow:” “Dining Out” [cute, no], and “What is Queer Food…

Jul 20 •

The Disgusting Trump Finance Victory

Early yesterday, July 3, 2025, “a date that will live in infamy,” the House approved the Senate version of the Trump finance bill which has an insipid…

Jul 4 •

June 2025

Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Get Used To It.

After a brilliant campaign Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani won the Democratic nomination for Mayor of New York.

Jun 28 •

No Talking About Physical Appearance

It is bad taste to discuss how people look, their physical appearance.

Jun 11 •

May 2025

Trump Forgets the Presidential Oath

Asked on NBC whether DJT believes that he needs to uphold the Constitution, he said “I don’t know.” Continuing, he said, “I have brilliant lawyers that…

May 4 •

"Chaos" All Around

Forgive my absence.

May 2 •

March 2025

White House Press “Spray” Out of Control

The “spray” is a brief entry by press and TV to film a few minutes of a White House (or other usually government entity) meeting to assist in creating a…

Mar 2 •

February 2025

DEI and The Presidential Bro

Among the dozens of ground-breakers thrown at us since noon on January 20 by the White House, two have moved me to comment.

Feb 16 •

January 2025

The Dangerous 2025 Inaugural

The presidential inaugural is the Super Bowl of politics.

Jan 5 •

December 2024

The U. S. Government is Not a Business

Proceeding beyond the laudable condemnation of “waste, fraud and abuse” in government programs, our president-elect and his cadre contend that the U.

Dec 26, 2024 •

November 2024

In my last blog I dumped on Kamala Harris’s campaign.

Nov 16, 2024 •

Do I Really Have to Write About the Election?

Nov 10, 2024 •

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