Having been born and raised in the South, I still bristle at some of the unfair stereotypes portrayed in cartoons and movies of anyone who uses the term “y’all” or thinks white sauce with sausage crumbs makes everything taste better. Yet for every Nobel laureate or Pulitzer Prize winner from below the Mason-Dixie line, there … Read more
Game of Thrones (GOT) fans know winter has come. If there was ever a question about the threat posed by the white walkers, any doubt was erased as they marched on the barrier which separated Winterfell and the other kingdoms from the peril beyond. Similarly, a different kind of white walker has invaded the United … Read more
The subject line of today’s post comes from the title of a 1969 comedy album by the now shamed and culturally exiled Bill Cosby. I first heard this album on cassette tape (I kid you not). The performance was recorded at the same time Cosby co-starred with Robert Culp in the series I Spy. … Read more
This weekend I attended my 50th high school reunion. An enlightening experience to say the least. Of the 70+ members of my graduating class in attendance, perhaps 10 percent were immediately recognizable. (Do they have deteriorating portraits of themselves in their attics?) Another 60 percent were the older versions of themselves you might expect–a … Read more
Following Comrade Trump’s tweet in which he referred to his most recent critic as “Liddle’ Bob Corker,” AOL reported: The president (sic) has reportedly remarked on Corker’s size before, telling aides that the 5-foot-7 lawmaker was too short to be his secretary of state, a position that Corker was reportedly in the running for. For me, as … Read more