Since, per Yeats, we seem to be slouching toward the holidays, I thought we’d attack the COVID issue one more time before this writer takes
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Quick Hits – December 20, 2022
Since truth continues to be far stranger that fiction in the post COVID era, my column to do list now contains 18 separate entries. So,
Apparently the word “nutcracker” has more than one meaning
The alternative to [cultural] appropriation is a world where white European people make art about white European people with only white European references in it.
Quick Hits – December 13, 2022
We’re gonna tackle some national issues today simply because I’ve been thinking quite a bit about them lately! “Proper stupidity is fascinating.” – Ricky
Are we really helping the chronically homeless?
We have come dangerously close to accepting the homeless situation as a problem that we just can’t solve. – Linda Lingle I can’t help but
Corey Dixon Mayor of Elgin? Not in this life!
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. –Martin Luther King, Jr. The very first “So You Want to
The First Ward election recap 2023 – part three
A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability
So, the answer to the havoc mask wearing wreaked is more mask wearing?
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. – Albert Einstein I truly believed the post-pandemic era insanity had finally
The First Ward election recap 2023 – part two
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. – Winston Churchill When we last left off, we were getting ready
The First Ward election recap 2023 – part one
Democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried. – Winston Churchill With (most of) the electoral smoke having