Tag:Michael DiMilo

Full Measure

Posted on Updated on by Geoff CarterCategories:Michael DiMilo, Politics, Social Commentary

Artwork by Michael DiMilo (Originally posted on May 31, 2019 in Honor of our Veterans) By Geoff Carter Ah, Memorial Day: the harbinger of summer, the first family picnic, and the grill master’s opening day. Memorial Day also happens to be the holiday recognizing and honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice defending our …
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Full Measure

Posted on Updated on by Geoff CarterCategories:Michael DiMilo, Politics, Social Commentary

Artwork by Michael DiMilo (Originally posted on May 31, 2019) By Geoff Carter Ah, Memorial Day: the harbinger of summer, the first family picnic, and the grill master’s opening day. Memorial Day also happens to be the holiday recognizing and honoring those who have made the ultimate sacrifice defending our nation and Constitution. It is …
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Colorblind

Posted on Updated on by Geoff CarterCategories:Culture, Politics, Social Commentary

I’m a native of the greater Milwaukee area, infamous for being one of the most segregated areas in the country. According to a January 8, 2019 Brookings Institute study, “three out of four black residents in Chicago, Milwaukee, or New York would have to move in order to live in fully integrated neighborhoods with whites.” …
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Blue Christmas

Posted on Updated on by Geoff CarterCategories:Holidays, Music, Social Commentary

Artwork by Michael DiMilo             As we were trimming the tree last weekend, my wife asked me to bring in the laptop so we could listen to Christmas music. I complied—as any trained husband will—and set up the sound system in our dining room. And so we trimmed the tree and drank some wine and listened …
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Thoughtless

Posted on Updated on by Geoff CarterCategories:Education, Social Commentary

Artwork By Michael DiMilo In the 2006 movie, Idiocracy, the main character, a very average guy, volunteers to be a test subject for a top-secret hibernation program. After a mishap, he awakens five centuries in the future into a society that is so ignorant that the president of the United States is a retired professional wrestler …
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Hands I Cannot See

Posted on Updated on by Geoff CarterCategories:Culture, Social Commentary, Writing

Artwork by Michael DiMilo             This last Saturday, I installed myself at a table at the Authors Market at the Southeast Wisconsin Book Festival to hawk copies of my novel, The P.S. Wars: Last Stand at Custer High. A lot of people stopped and engaged me in some very interesting conversations. We talked about everything from self-publishing, …
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Cool Beans

Posted on Updated on by Geoff CarterCategories:Culture, Humor, Movies

Kudos for Michael DiMilo Congratulations to Michael DiMilo for his award-winning short animated film Cool Beans. We are incredibly lucky to have Michael provide many of the outstanding illustrations for this blog and now you can see his outstanding animated work, too. If you haven’t yet seen it, check out coming attractions for this delightful …
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The Big Burnout

Posted on Updated on by Geoff CarterCategories:Culture, Environment, Politics, Social Commentary

Artwork by Michael DiMilo By Geoff Carter             After Donald Trump was elected—and even before then (during the non-stop drama of his reality-TV campaign and election)—I was an avid consumer of political news. On cable TV, I followed Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, Anderson Cooper, Bill Maher, Joe Scarborough with Mika Brzezinski, and even, for as long …
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The Big If…

Posted on Updated on by Geoff CarterCategories:Culture, Politics, Social Commentary

Artwork By Michael DiMilo             Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that the House of Representatives would be commencing an impeachment inquiry against President Trump based on whistleblower evidence alleging the president had pressured Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate his political opponent, Joe Biden.              After speaking to the urgency of the situation and the …
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