Prefeitura de Olinda from Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that while the keeper denies that it is his “hobby,” he spends an astounding amount of time looking for items he has misplaced or downright lost. Yesterday it was his wallet, containing, of course, credit cards, personal identities …
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Category:Social Commentary
Royal Pain
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter I went out on my porch the other day to water the plants and I noticed a woman walking her dog. She was youngish, maybe in her late twenties, and all-in-all, a relatively unremarkable person. The dog stopped in front of my house, sniffed around, picked a spot, …
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Kickass Renames High School
Gina B, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, shares Madison living quarters with the keeper and Phyllis that overlooks the high school where, long ago, the keeper’s sons did their versions of being students; and he—the keeper, finds it noteworthy that the school is changing its name from James …
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Hospitality
Jean Leon Gerome Ferris , Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Geoff Carter “This piece was originally written in 2018 during the controversial time when the caravans from South and Central America were approaching our borders. Although that particular bit of hysteria has faded, xenophobia has not. We need to remember to appreciate, value, and take …
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Kickass and Deer Rifles on Stands
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, is aware, along with the keeper, that on this day—the opening of the deer season, the state is virtually awash with guns–thousands of high-powered weapons designed to kill large mammals, with–in many cases, the killing design aimed specifically …
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Kickass and Deer Hunt Changes
The U.S. National Archives, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper finds it increasingly difficult to identify with the excitement and anticipation of the annual deer season that dominated so much of his life. From the days of his youth in the north country when the …
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Unschooled
Artwork by Michael DiMilo After Republican Glenn Youngkin’s surprise gubernatorial victory in Virginia last week, political analysts attributed the win—at least in part—to white suburban women voters returning to the Republican Party. While some of this movement might have been due to the absence of Donald Trump on the ballot, many experts feel that Youngkin’s …
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Dialogues on a Wake-Up Call: The Epiphany Letters
Photo by Raphael Schaller on Unsplash By Dave S., Mark Mamerow, Dennis Curley, and Geoff Carter To Mark, Dennis, and Geoff Remember that Sunday times column by William Safire? Well, the link below is all about the word woke…. thought for sure the author would indict Aaron Rodgers for his recent vacuous deployment of it. The New York Times: The War …
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Kickass and National Guard Justice
1st Lt. Michael Lovas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper notes the presence of the National Guard in Kenosha in anticipation of a jury decision Monday in the case of the stupid Illinois teen who used HIS military assault weapon to kill and injure demonstrators. …
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Trial by Proxy
Artwork by Michael DiMIlo By Geoff Carter The trial of Kyle Rittenhouse is underway. He is charged with killing two men and wounding another during the violent protests that began in Kenosha after the police shooting of Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man. Sound familiar? Where else have we seen this? Minneapolis, Philadelphia, New York …
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Kickass in the Zoo
Photo by Jorge Salvador on Unsplash By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper and Phyllis recently found themselves as virtually the only customers in a nearby JC Penny’s department store, and left finally when it became obvious that, not only were there no customers, there were no sales clerks either. The keeper compared it …
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Kickass Looks at the Map
Photo by Dominika Roseclay from Pexels By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, reports that the keeper did a strange thing recently in driving from a distant location to his home: he looked at an actual map, noted the roads he wanted to travel, then ignored the smug blabbing of passengers’ navigation devices, and made the drive as …
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