Why I’m Saying Goodbye To Trump Voters

This story has been a year in the making. I wrongly thought it wouldn’t need to be written. I assumed people in my real and online life would see the vile cartoon character of Donald Trump and reject him.

I waited.

The Greatest Football Pool Ever

Once upon a time I created the greatest football pool ever.

Trump’s Follies, Neck Tattoos & Zika for Everyone : Wednesday at the Stoplight

Wednesday at the Stoplight is a weekly look at the serious and absurd, the funny and sweet, with some old-fashioned curmudgeon snark thrown in. These are the random thoughts I have while waiting…

Could 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 snark thrown in. These are the stream of consciousness thoughts I have while waiting at the stoplight.

Get Off Your High Horses, Third Party Voters

Recently, I coined a new term for Donald Trump voters: The Stubbornly Ignorant.

Preaching to the Online Political Choir

The graphic above, courtesy of @goldengateblond, sums up the noise-to-conversion ratio…

NBC Deliberately Ends Olympics Opening Ceremonies After Midnight

The Rio 2016 Olympic opening ceremonies were a visual beauty. Colorful, playful, musically…

Up with People/Down with Politicians

Wednesday at the Stoplight is a weekly look at the serious and the absurd, the funny and the sweet, with some old-fashioned curmudgeon snark thrown in. These are the stream of consciousness thoughts I have while waiting at the stoplight.

Gloria Steinem Mocks Young Women Voters

It was dismaying to see Gloria Steinem’s reckless and asinine comments regarding young women voters siding with Bernie Sanders because that’s where the boys are. Besides generalizing in a manner more fit for a Republican, Steinem’s words did much to harm the…

Why I Don’t Buy Trumps Bleak Vision of America

Donald Trump is the nominee of the Republican party.

I never thought I’d write that sentence, but it’s now a fact. Somehow, Trump was able to convince enough uneducated white voters to go against their self-interest by using a tired old tactic that still…