Rantings
My Stint in the Wehrmacht
Written: September 25, 2024
No; it's not "all good." And that's why we must vote.
Equal Rights
Written: September 17, 2024
From the man who brought us covfefe, here's a new recipe for hotdogs.
The Joy of PV Monitoring
Written: August 3, 2023
We can learn a lot about our environment by keeping a fishtank.
It's In the Constitution
Written: June 30, 2022
Waddaya mean it ain't in the Constitution?!!
Why I Vote Unashamedly Liberal
Written: October 31, 2022; Revised: September 29, 2024
Unpublished response to a letter writer’s “Why I Vote Conservative.”
On Indoctrination and Spontaneous Transvestism
Written: September 2, 2023
Unpublished response to a local writer’s criticism of our library’s Gay Pride Month display. In an email, the editor replied “Your letters are a rambling, incoherent messes. (sic) I will no longer read your emails, Just hitting delete. (sic) We are done.” Was I too snarky? In any case, a few months went by, and the print edition of his paper failed.
Are Political Opponents People Too?
Written: July 23, 2024
Our favorite local trumpkin apparatchik made headlines the other day with his long-awaited admission: “However, we must remember that those on the other side are people too.” Sure. I got misty-eyed. After all, “the rhetoric in this country has become dangerously polarizing,” and “Both Democrats and Republicans… bear responsibility for this divisive climate.” So it took a lot of moxie on his part to make this concession. An expurgated rendition of my gracious response appeared in the following edition. Here’s the complete text.
On Cupcakes and Indoctrination
Written: September 30, 2023
Ok then. Perhaps I was a bit snarky. So I tried again with a rival publisher to our town’s ex-“exclusive newspaper.” We sparred; my “Cupcakes…” languished; we made up and he’s been publishing my stuff (i.e. mucking my reputation) ever since.
Riding the Gravy Train Express
Written: November 14, 2024
So what’s better than riding the gravy train and scarfing down that free lunch?
Is Progressive Education "Mischief"?
Written: September 14, 2022
Critics criticizing the “C”-part of CRT. Why do they take it so personally?
Our First Photo-Voltaic Year
Written July 4, 2024
Reporting on our experience with solar panels after one year.
Linda McMahon: Secretary of Education
Written: December 4, 2024
Good Humor saves the day.
Swapping Connecticut for Greenland
Written: December 24, 2024
Venligst, velkommen i Connecticut!
Jimmy Carter: Submariner; Nuclear Engineer; 39th President
Written: January 4, 2025
We need more failures like Jimmy Carter.
What Would Gandhi Do?
Written: March 10, 2025
The time has come to find out if the politicians and activists who claim to love American democracy are willing to make the kind of sacrifices Gandhi made when he defied an oppressive regime.
MAGA Shakedown Comes to Amity
Written: March 5, 2025
Why are MAGA fans so intimidated by CRT and now DEI? Here’s the unexpurgated version of my edited letter supporting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion that appeared in the local newspaper. That they edited my letter was upsetting enough; that most townies flaunted a MAGA-centric point of view in the letters section and drowned out the liberal voices was worse. People like that used to be embarrassed to express themselves publicly. Don’t let them replace the Age of Aquarius dream with their MAGA nightmare.
Undocumented, Not Illegal
Written: May 23, 2025
When we smear these mostly decent people who are fleeing violence and persecution with the label "illegal," accuse them of being less honorable, less human than ordinary citizens, we perpetuate the misery they endure, debase our own humanity and mock the religion we pretend to live by.
Gay Pride Flag Stolen
Written: June 23, 2025
Should flag thieves and lawn-sign snatchers be called out publicly? Here’s a letter to one of them who stole our town’s Gay Pride flag.
What's the Difference?
Written: July 5, 2025
So, what is the essential component that distinguishes your average Nazi Brownshirt from our own ICE agent? We examined this issue in depth and came up with 28 words.
The Big Ugly Shakedown
Written: October 1, 2025
MAGA intimidation comes back to haunt local Republicans during the November election. Did they really think we had forgotten?
On Personal Liberty and Mandated Vaccination
May 12, 2026
Anti-vaxxers and other germ Motel 6’s, are demanding their “rights” to host preventable diseases and infect the rest of us. Good thing iron lungs aren’t as noisy and uncomfortable as they used to be.
The Biggest Price of Vaccine Hesitancy
June 12, 2026
You might suppose that the specter of polio, or of measles, yellow fever, mumps, diphtheria, whooping cough, dengue fever, malaria, meningitis, or of cervical cancer, would make the anti-vaxxers investigate thoroughly and think critically before denying their children the protection vaccines offer. Nope. To them, the cure is more dangerous than the disease, and I fear that nothing except the consequences of catching one will make them understand. They don’t have long to wait.
