Build the Walz

Amelia Island/August 6, 2024/9:12 a.m. If you have not placed your bets on the Kamala Harris Veepstakes, it is not too late.  As I previously wrote about the efforts to replace Joe Biden at the top of the ticket, it was less important who picked up the baton, but how and why it was done.  … Read more

Back Asswards

If the major television networks are looking for mid-season replacements once the plethora of uninspired new fall programs are cancelled, let me suggest “Everyone Hates Roberts,” a sitcom which answers the question, “How did the Supreme Court of the United States’ become more despised than used car salesmen?”  [Note:  In a December 2021 Gallup survey … Read more

It’s All Greek to Me

You knew it would happen eventually.  Somebody was bound to throw a bucket of water on the bonfire of enthusiasm generated by Kamala Harris’ emergence as the presumptive Democratic nominee for president.  This time it was a YouGov poll, which according to The Hill, found: While the respondents said that both Trump and Harris are … Read more

Rule of Three

The rule of three is a writing principle which suggests that a trio of entities such as events or characters is more humorous, satisfying, or effective than other numbers. The audience of this form of text is also thereby more likely to remember the information conveyed because having three entities combines both brevity and rhythm with having the smallest amount … Read more

Head Fart

Here they go again.  Just when you thought the Heritage Foundation “geniuses” at Project 2025 who proposed a two-tier regressive system increasing taxes for lower and middle class Americans while giving the wealthy new and deeper tax cuts, wait until you see their plan to reduce opportunities for early childhood education.  Not only do they … Read more