There’s a hole in the sole of my socks Made by bumps in my sole of my crocks Plain to see that four months’ inactivity Effected my poor brain’s declivity So enjoy the lighter side. Costco always has more socks … Continue reading Hole in the sole

Cindy walked right up to this Egret about to swallow his prey.  Lots of lizards in our yard, sunning themselves in the noonday heat.  The Egret stalked this unfortunate soul, standing motionless for several minutes and then went into a stretching exercise—head … Continue reading Do lizards have souls?

Human Rights Activist, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, speaks out for Bari Weis.  Remember Bari being “terrorized” by the Grey Lady’s (NYT) censorship?   “What we are seeing is, not that the leadership is being silenced and doing nothing, no,” Ali stated, “They are actively appeasing the mobs and then we know, really know, that … Continue reading Standing up for Free Speech

“Everyone else lives in fear of the digital thunderdome. Online venom is excused so long as it is directed at the proper targets,” she (Bari Weiss) wrote. “Op-eds that would have easily been published just two years ago would now get an editor … Continue reading Everyone else lives in fear

“Calls for economic boycotts are clearly speech, not the suppression of speech. Consumers have long tied politics to purchasing, and advocating business boycotts is undoubtedly protected speech,” Timothy Zick, a professor of government and citizenship at the College of William … Continue reading Doxxed? Canceled? Free Speech?

Now the signatories are being beaten up by the non-signatories The non-signatories claim that the signatories are Of course White and privileged and above the fray With all the accouterments of Those with power So have no business Claiming that canceling is wrong Which is the craft … Continue reading There is chicanery afoot

Pride: a deadly sin on one hand, blatant and overt—an “I’m better than you” belief and action.  It is pride as we know it; pride in its most recognizable form—in a word, “puffery.”  On the other, there is a healthy side … Continue reading It is OK to be a Patriot!

We’ve protested on street corners, in drive alongs, in newspapers, at city council meetings and in social media.  The causes vary and, we believe, all are for improving community and national justice.  The first amendment to our United States Constitution provides us … Continue reading Protest Patriots

“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.” First Inauguration speech by Bill Clinton   Protests are rolling across our country, roiling the American spirit.  It is appropriate to promote justice where injustice has pervaded … Continue reading Protests are Patriotic

Afraid of being canceled! …The free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted.  …censoriousness is also spreading more widely in our culture: an intolerance of opposing views, a vogue for public shaming … Continue reading Fear