Absurdia Welcome to the State of Absurdia. We've each traveled our own bizarre paths, yet somehow, unbelievably, we've arrived at precisely the same madhouse. I'm not even referring to this year's Darwin Award winners or the surreal sermons recently delivered by Rabbi Christensen and Reverend Lipshitz (I made these up, but did not check to … Continue reading The State of Absurdia
Hoisted By One’s Own Petard So, we’re back to the question: why are the MAGA faithful upset with Pam Bondi over the Epstein files? Surely it’s not because Donald Trump is being publicly linked to Jeffrey Epstein. I mean, these are the same people who stuck with him through three marriages to immigrants (two of … Continue reading Hoisted By One’s Own Petard
I apologized today to a dear friend for, as he put it, “scratching an itch” when the topic of the Iran–Hamas war came up. I got more strident than I intended and talked more than I listened. To be fair, he asked the question—but I responded too loudly, too verbosely. I’ve made the same mistake … Continue reading Strident?…Working On It..
Adult Language Is Possible 