Originally published in The Orlando Sentinel, March 16, 2018 Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is the date-rape Christmas carol, as the singing man pushes a woman to stay because “it’s bad out there.” She even wonders “what’s in this drink?” in shades of a Bill Cosby accusation. My friend Gina loves this song and says my […]
Read More →Koda was just a dog. In 2004, I adopted a puppy from “Pet Rescue by Judy” while still in the post-emotional slipstream of a divorce. His litter name was Maine, but it changed to Koda as the only Disney name my youngest daughter and I agreed on. Divorce is a lonely business, and you don’t […]
Read More →Originally published in The Orlando Sentinel, Oct. 23 2017 If children are the future, public education nourishes hope. It’s the great social equalizer, because it identifies and rewards each child’s potential and ambition. Or it was circa 1970. Today, Florida’s schools destroy hope teacher by teacher. Their recent loss: my 30-year-old daughter. Most Americans (75 […]
Read More →Researchers at the University of the Phoenix spent a decade studying white men who profess hatred of other races – specifically the African American race – and they found a high correlation between penis size and white supremacist membership. “Specifically, the penises of white supremacists are quite a bit smaller than normal penises,” says head […]
Read More →Originally published in The Orlando Sentinel, Sept. 29, 2017. How awful was Hurricane Irma? The answer depends on more than the debris in your yard. It also depends on the debris in your head. Was the power off “for only three days,” or was it “unfathomable that Duke Energy made us wait when I could […]
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