Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter A Sinking Ship Late last week, David Hearn, the former Olympic canoeist who was accused of vandalizing the newly painted deck of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, was exonerated. United States Attorney and Trump lackey Jeanine Pirro dropped all charges against him—because there was no case, no evidence, …
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Perspective
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter At times, it’s difficult to see what’s right under your nose, or to see change happening over time, like when you haven’t seen a niece or nephew for a few months and are amazed at how much they’ve grown or to see how much a beloved uncle has …
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By Hook or By Crook
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Say what you will about him, one thing Donald Trump has been able to do is to surprise us —usually with his audacity. From his brazen looting of the National Treasury to his unwarranted and appalling destruction of the East Wing of the White House disgusting, and somewhat …
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No-Win Situation
Attribution: Photo by Igor Omilaev on Unsplash By Geoff Carter “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.” —Vince Lombardi “Sixteen times a year, all thirty-two NFL teams give us what we’re looking for: speed, skill, violence, fantasy league orgasms and a final score. No confusion. No doubt. No indecision. A winner and a loser.” –Mike Barnicle Winning has …
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Absolute Corruption
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The great English historian Lord Acton once said, “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely” and speculative novelist Robert Shea once declared, “Anyone who seeks power wants absolute power.” Current events seem to be bearing out these predictions. Of course, what’s transpiring in Washington, D.C. today is …
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Shame on Us
Illustration by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, three times, four, more… and shame on us. All of us. Over the past fifty years, the American people have been screwed over so thoroughly and completely that we can’t tell up from down anymore. We’ve been screwed from …
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Operation Epic Quid Pro Quo
Attribution: White House, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter On a Sunday morning eighty-five years ago, December 7th, 1941, our nation awoke to the news that the U.S. was at war. Last Sunday, we awoke to learn that we were at war once again, and that this time we were the aggressors. The …
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