The power struggle in Venezuela offers a poignant reminder of why the United States cannot afford corrupt leaders in office.
Mars or Bust!
Beyond saving our species, I believe an effort to establish human habitats on Mars will help us save this planet and improve our lives here.
#colonizingMars #Mars #spaceexploration
Royally Skewed: Brits Don’t Get Our Constitution
Who could predict that a rap-infused musical about the American Revolution, Hamilton, would rise up concurrently with the Brexit crisis? Watching the spectacle of the British trying to extricate themselves from the European Union has been, for me, a source…
That Dog
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. I have no idea if that’s true, but I can say for sure that a new dog can teach an old guy a thing or two. I’m referring to myself,…
Who Belongs in America? A Memorial Day Answer
People of a certain stripe like to call themselves “real Americans.” By implication, anyone who doesn’t share their ideology is not. Counting people as second-class citizens for their thoughts—political viewpoint, religious tradition, sexual orientation—is bad enough, but some “real Americans”…
Facebook Quiz: What Kind of Fool Am I?
Every time I click “Accept” or “Agree” on one of those software end-user license agreements, I feel like a schnook. That’s Yiddish for a person who is gullible or easily cheated. (One Yiddish word generally outworks half a dozen English…
Monkey See, Monkey Do in the Social Media Zoo
Social media images showed a young man holding an assault-style rifle. The text threatened a forthcoming attack in Florida. But it was not Nikolas Cruz, America’s mass killer du jour. It was a copycat in Spartanburg, S.C. After the disturbed…
Trump’s Disrespect for Boundaries is the Real Threat
President Trump outdid himself—that’s saying something—with his vulgar dismissal of certain nations as “shithole countries” during immigration discussions. Visceral reactions poured in from around the world, forcing Trump to—deny, not apologize. Detractors hauled the epithet to the summit of his…
2017: Tampering with the U.S. Odometer
As 2017 yields to 2018, the political and cultural terrains look strangely familiar. That may be because America is driving in reverse. If life is a journey, the preferred American mode of transport is definitely an automobile (usually a pickup…
![(Alibiama): proper noun; name of a Southern U.S. state where corrupt politicians with selective memories elude justice and win elections by convincing voters that compared to any Democrat, a Republican charged with [pedophilia, adultery, bribery…] is the lesser of two evils.](https://www.frazeology.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Alibiama-copy-200x200.jpg)
A New Word for the Old South: Alibiama
Some folks in parts of this grand nation thinks Southerners talk funny. There’s a whole bunch of pointy-headed experts called linguists who spend time studying how people talk. They get deep into it, splittin’ hairs over the words we use,…