I recently stumbled on a news story reporting that a man had inadvertently shot himself in the testicles while walking through a department store with a loaded gun down his pants.  The shocking thing isn’t so much that the man shot himself.  That happens all the time.  The shocki… Read full post »

While I admire the sincerity, energy and creative spelling demonstrated by the Tea Party faithful, the raucous, polarizing movement is doing unprecedented damage to civil discourse and rational thought in this country. Given the thinly veiled allusions to a new civil war coming from some of th… Read full post »

Dear South Carolina,

I want to congratulate you on being the first state to require subversives to register with the state.  A fine of $25,000 and up to 10 yrs in prison will make those suicide bombers really think twice before committing acts of terror in your jurisdiction. 

When… Read full post »

My relationship with vegetables can best be described as tense.  It’s not really my fault.  I was raised in the Southwest—places like Arizona and Oklahoma and Texas.  If you’ve never been to Texas, it’s the country just north of Mexico and just south of t… Read full post »