Quote of The Week: “I would rather he not be taking something that has not been approved by the scientists, especially in his age group and in his, shall we say, weight group, morbidly obese, they say.” – Speaker of The House Nancy Pelosi reacting to Trump’s […]
Read more →For most of the country, Week #170 of the Trump Era was a blur. No, not the usual blur of cyclonic imbecility that Trump normally throws our way every single day, but the numbing sameness of every day as the nation settled into its 3rd week (or […]
Read more →Okay, so February 29 only comes once every 4 years, but until you drop dead with enough good deeds to your credit to earn yourself a regular holiday, today is your National Day, so make the most of NATIONAL YOUR NAME HERE DAY! I call it National […]
Read more →Going home disappointed after having another dominant season but not making the playoffs just three years removed from being the 2016 World Series Champion Chicago Cubs, we come back down to Earth for the 111th Anniversary of the Cubs’ previous World Series win in 1908, known as […]
Read more →“Of all the felt I ever felt, I never felt a piece of felt which felt as fine as that felt felt, when first I felt that felt hat’s felt.” Got it? Good, because it’s NATIONAL FELT HAT DAY! What are felt hats and what do they […]
Read more →Why 26.2 miles? Why run the whole way? Because that’s what Pheidippides did on this date in 490 B.C. when he brought tidings of victory in the Battle of Marathon to the Magistrates in Athens, making today INTERNATIONAL MARATHON DAY! Unfortunately, Pheidippides dropped dead of exhaustion immediately […]
Read more →Unfortunately, Trump Era weeks aren’t something that truly end, where you can breathe a sigh of relief and say “Phew, is it over?” Nope, because the very next day brings another series of train wrecks, courtesy of the craziest president outside of a Stanley Kubrick movie. Donald […]
Read more →So the question, as always with President Now What?, is which outrage to address first, and Week #114 of the Trump Era was no different. Might as well start with a capitalized and exclamation-pointed “VETO!” for Trump’s first time use of his presidential veto power, which he […]
Read more →Good News/Bad News: The Good News? It was President Trump’s Second Anniversary in office this week. The Bad News? It was President Trump’s Second Anniversary in office this week. With glasses half empty (or half full), who can blame us if we ration our optimism like 30 year-old […]
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