James BarrafordWhat I’ll Tell Teenagers After The GOP Tax Reform VoteDays before Christmas, the GOP tax reform bill has passed and many Christmas gatherings are sure to be fractured by fighting, finger…Dec 21, 2017Dec 21, 2017
James BarrafordAmerica… what happened to us?Soap and water won’t clean this election off, America.Nov 22, 2016Nov 22, 2016
James BarrafordinBeach Sand KickerThe Greatest Football Pool EverOnce upon a time I created the greatest football pool ever.Sep 11, 2016Sep 11, 2016
James BarrafordinBeach Sand KickerGet Off Your High Horses, Third Party VotersRecently, I coined a new term for Donald Trump voters: The Stubbornly Ignorant.Aug 18, 20161Aug 18, 20161
James BarrafordinBeach Sand KickerCould Otis the Town Drunk Be Funny Today?Wednesday at the Stoplight is a weekly look at the serious and the absurd, the funny and the sweet, with some old-fashioned curmudgeon…Aug 17, 2016Aug 17, 2016
James BarrafordinBeach Sand KickerUp with People/Down with PoliticiansWednesday at the Stoplight is a weekly look at the serious and the absurd, the funny and the sweet, with some old-fashioned curmudgeon…Aug 10, 2016Aug 10, 2016
James BarrafordinBeach Sand KickerNBC Deliberately Ends Olympics Opening Ceremonies After MidnightThe Rio 2016 Olympic opening ceremonies were a visual beauty. Colorful, playful, musically uplifting, with a vibrancy belying the…Aug 6, 2016Aug 6, 2016
James BarrafordinBeach Sand KickerTrump’s Follies, Neck Tattoos & Zika for Everyone : Wednesday at the StoplightWednesday at the Stoplight is a weekly look at the serious and absurd, the funny and sweet, with some old-fashioned curmudgeon snark thrown…Aug 3, 20162Aug 3, 20162
James BarrafordinBeach Sand KickerPreaching to the Online Political ChoirThe graphic above, courtesy of @goldengateblond, sums up the noise-to-conversion ratio when arguing politics on social media. The red area…Jul 31, 20161Jul 31, 20161
James BarrafordinBeach Sand KickerWhy I Don’t Buy Trumps Bleak Vision of AmericaDonald Trump is the nominee of the Republican party.Jul 25, 20161Jul 25, 20161