Ohio’s Republicans are busy trying to change laws so that out-of-state college students that vote in Ohio must be charged reduced, “in-state” tuition if the university they attend gives them a letter that informs the local Board of Elections that they have been residents of Ohio for the minimum 30 days required by law to [...]

I have a dirty secret. I don’t think I can be arrested for it, but it shames, saddens, and angers me grievously. I am estranged from my adult children. I haven’t seen or spoken to my daughters in more than two years. That was Labor Day weekend in 2010, and it was only accidental. My [...]

Holy crap, the Ohio National Guard murdered 4 random kids at Kent State University 43 years ago, this week. Here’s the scary part…we, as a nation are even crazier now than we were then. In 1970, we were up to our asses in dead Americans and dead Vietnamese, and the “establishment” (old white guys) became [...]

Ages ago I played football. Yes, we had helmets. When I was a senior I weighed less than 200 pounds. I am 6 feet and 2 inches tall and I couldn’t catch a football so I was an offensive tackle. We were playing Wellston High School when I saw my first 300-pound defensive lineman. Much [...]

My partner, Gail, and I are going on vacation. We have been together making a mockery of traditional marriage for nearly twelve years. Before we leave for vacation, we are getting our wills, medical powers of attorney, and living wills in order. I, for one, don’t want to lie about in a puddle of my [...]

I’ve been writing a weekly blog since January of 2007. Dubya had announced “The Surge” in Iraq, and I was beside myself with fear and anger. I first started writing under an assumed name because I was afraid of financial repercussions. I soon realized that was cowardly, thanks to the brother of a man killed [...]

I am a dirty, hippie Satanist…Oh, and I am not very polite and I am ill-mannered, as well. That’s according to a textbook used by voucher schools in Louisiana. Voucher schools are schools that offer “alternative” educational opportunities to the youth of Louisiana by way of tax vouchers issued by the state. Parents take the [...]

This week Shelby County Alabama says that racism no longer exists, so what say we all just leave traditionally racist states like Alabama to deal with its Nigras the way it sees fit…and other mixed nuts. Now that Racism is Dead… Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia called the 1965 Voting Rights Act a racial entitlement. He [...]

Once again the people we sent to Washington, D. C., are engaged in a staring match. They think the first one to blink loses the 2014 mid-term election. The future of our country boils down to a game of chicken between a bunch of rich people that won’t have trouble finding a job if the [...]

Ted Nugent was at the State of the Union address. He was the guest of a Republican Congressman from Texas. It seems fitting that the darling of gun-loving, redneck, inbred America would be invited to the SOTU by a Congressman from a gun-loving, redneck, inbred part of Texas. Some would argue that the whole state [...]

If I had a nickel for every time I heard some idiot say, “There are plenty of jobs out there; these welfare people are just lazy,” I’d be able to retire quite comfortably. People that say such things want to believe that being poor and living on government assistance is a non-stop party. Folks like [...]

I have two dogs. Edgar is a shelter rescue and I figure he could be as old as 8 or 9. He’s a Jack Russell Terrier, but he is a surprisingly mellow dog for his breed. Otis is half Chihuahua and half Pug. He is a Chug. Otis is nearly 4, and I have had [...]

In the 1998 movie made about Dr. Hunter S. Thompson’s seminal work, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas , Dr. Gonzo says, “I hate to say this, but this place is getting to me. I think I’m getting the Fear.” There are people in America that believe that the murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, [...]