Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy Poirrier from Bruxelles, Belgium, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, resisting his innate inclination to chew on things, is assisting the keeper in his campaign to protect people from packaging. No stats are available on how many people are injured or even die of frustration while attempting to …
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Category:Social Commentary
A Fair Shot
By Geoff Carter The dark days of the pandemic and the quarantine are not behind us yet, but things are looking up. Now that over 40% of Americans are now fully vaccinated against COVID, we are slowly moving back to normality. The Biden Administration has already passed “The Rescue Act”, providing direct pandemic relief to …
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Kickass and Corporations-as-People
By Bill Stokes Kickass, the doorstop dog, will be assisting the keeper in his efforts to instill just a smidgen of humanity and sensitivity into US corporations as they—the corporations, after having been designated by the Supreme Court as “people” for political purposes, seem unable to do anything except make money and avoid paying taxes. …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to Dressing Up
By Geoff Carter Artwork by Michael DiMilo As of May 1st, over thirty percent of the American population has been fully vaccinated from COVID. New York City, Chicago, and other major cities are beginning to reopen businesses and theaters. Kids are going back to school. As we inch our way back toward normalcy, one of …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to a Balanced Diet
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter It’s hardly a secret that we live in a culture of excess. Before the pandemic, Americans could—and did—go to a veritable (or actual) buffet of All-You-Can-Eat deals at Olive Garden, Sizzler, Old Country Buffet, Pizza Ranch, and many others—and I’m sure we’ll all be back bellying up to …
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The Royal Treatment
Artwork by Michael DiMilo Article by Geoffrey Carter On September 19th, 1796, against the wishes of the Federalist Party, President George Washington announced he would not be seeking a third term as president of the United States. At a time when world leaders rarely relinquished power voluntarily, Washington’s action became the template for the peaceful …
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Way Down in the Hole
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter The Republican Party has dug itself into a deep, deep hole—maybe its own grave. After the Republican-led Georgia legislature passed a draconian voting rights bill, public protest caused a huge backlash. Threatened with boycotts and other sanctions, Coca-Cola, Delta, and other major corporations—that had somehow remained silent during …
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Suicide Squad
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoffrey Carter On June 25th, 1876, the Seventh Calvary, under the command of Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer, attacked a large Sioux encampment near the Little Big Horn River and was defeated. The attack was reckless, foolhardy, in defiance of a direct order, and resulted in a massacre of nearly …
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Submitted for Your Approval
Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter It felt as if we had stepped into the twilight zone last week. Unexpected and surreal—although not exactly frightening—events were happening, unusual even for these times. It’s been an unreal year, probably the most incredible of our lifetimes. Over 500,000 Americans died. Millions more became deathly ill. Our …
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Resistance is Futile
Photo by Kindel Media from Pexels By Mark Mamerow When Milwaukee Brewers’ GM David Streans signed catcher Yasmani Grandal for the 2019 season, he wasn’t just adding another high batting average power hitter and playoff caliber defender to the team. He was also picking up an elite “pitch framer”. Pitch framing is the alchemy applied by experienced catchers …
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The Enemy Within
By Geoff Carter Four of the participating terrorists in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing were sentenced to life in prison. After bombing The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in 2005, Timothy McVeigh was sentenced to death. In 2010, for his role as mastermind in the 9/11 attacks, Osama Bin Liden was …
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The Couch Potato’s Guide to the Road Less Traveled
Film Review of Nomadland By Geoff Carter Nomadland is a movie that, like the people that inhabit it, travels unmarked roads into strange new territory. The movie is based Jessica Bruder’s book detailing her experiences traveling the country with a group of itinerant workers, mostly older Americans forced to go on the road in order to …
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