Yesterday Ramon surprised me with a foot massage. He has innumerable wonderful qualities, but this has never happened before. I think he’s worried about me. I am too. All U.S. foreign aid – a fraction of 1% of the U.S. budget – has been halted. And...
I waited a long time – maybe too long – to start this blog, EvalThoughts. I have been planning it since the end of 2019, when my professional hero, Molly Hageboeck, told me I had more to give. She was nice about it, but she was also telling me not to coast. I...
Here’s a bit of received wisdom from the conservative side of the aisle, circa maybe 1985. These days, I keep hearing it from Undecideds and folks who explain away the Orange Menace’s garbage mouth: he’s a businessman, he’ll run the country...
January 20, 2021 is going to be a banner day, as we file that creep away in the “Odious, traitorous, menacing orange slimeball” category. DON’T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON YOUR WAY OUT, YOU SCUMBAG A**HAT! Go enjoy your ignominy in Mar-A-Lago, where they don’t want you...
Gene Culver takes the reins of the post today, to lambaste Limbaugh and his ilk. And to propose a creative solution: how about just one week of silence from these fountains of lies? The author, pensive in his Pashto hat With no further ado, Dad’s brief but...
The biggest election turnout in the history of our country should have been cause for celebration. Two-thirds of the electorate found a way to vote, despite the pandemic risks. But the nature of the results, and how many people claim to disbelieve them, tempers our...
