Originally appeared in The Orlando Sentinel, Jan. 8, 2019. Dr. Freud: Come in, come in, Mr. and Mrs. Party. Marriage counseling is a significant step. I hope I can help. Rep: It’s nice to meet you Dr. Freud. My name is Republican, but my friends call me Rep, and this is my wife, Democrat. Demi: […]
Read More →Originally appeared in The Orlando Sentinel, June 26, 2017, with a headline that sounded a tad more pro-Trump. A lot of people support Donald Trump, and here’s what liberals don’t get: Many, many people’s lives – largely but not exclusively in rural areas – have deteriorated over the past 20 years. In every political […]
Read More →Trump didn’t do it on purpose. It’s not his “great again” calling card, and it’s not a belief that my country could be trampled by a nonexistent army of rogue immigrants. Reason 1: Taking achievements for granted It’s become clear that decade after decade and generation after generation, the United States of America traveled the […]
Read More →Human beings protect other human beings, in no small part because we taking-care-of people will one day be we-need-help people. But does a take-care-of-others rule have limits? It appears it does, and it seems to be a slight disagreement over the word “neighbor.” Circa 1970 with the Viet Nam war playing in the background, I […]
Read More →Circa 1965, a man pulled into our driveway, told my father he had “macadam left over from a job down the street,” and he would “repair your driveway for half the usual cost – and do it right away.” He had a nice guy, happy-to-help-out demeanor, and my father fell for a scam that has […]
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