If Donald Trump will walk away from the White House one day with nothing else to show for his half-assed efforts but a ridiculous East Wing ballroom, a trade war no opponent will have strictly adhered to, his face on Mt. Rushmore or, God forbid, a potential third term, he can at least take pride, … Continue reading Move Over, Communism, Terrorism, Wokeism, Hitler. Now It’s Political!
“Big thing tonight,” I said to my brother. “You watching it?” “You mean the game?” “There’s no game tonight,” my niece says from the couch. “It’s Tuesday.” “Games start on Thursday,” my sister-in-law said from the kitchen. “You lazy, uneducated Americans and your obsession with sports.” “Hey, sports builds character in kids,” my brother said. … Continue reading The Exciting Presidential Debate Skirmish of 2024
Trump’s won the nomination for Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential election. People just can’t let go of the addiction, apparently. I mean, with good reason. Just ask any addict. Any of them—or anyone who engages in arguably compulsive patterns of behavior, e.g., remaining in a physically abusive relationship, say—in their own mind, it’s perfectly … Continue reading Political Addiction and the Fabric of American Society
Editor's Note: What follows is an opinion piece sent to us here at the BRIMBORION. Apparently, something we said or wrote about Donald Trump lit a fire under one of our many, many, many beautiful readers, and this one decided to write to us and express his dissatisfaction about the former (and possible future) president. The views expressed in this commentary belong exclusively to the nutcase who wrote them.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his role as Speaker of the House of Representatives on October 2nd, 2023, through the filing of a motion to vacate by the one person everyone knew was going to file the motion because he was the strongest arm in implementing a new rule saying the Speaker could be … Continue reading You Can Choose Your Friends, But You Can’t Choose Your Lifeboat
You know, you do a thing long enough, one which involves not only seeing much of the same dry, dull unpleasantness day in and day out—but also injustice, inequity, unfairness and various ways of indirect and direct silencing—and you start to get cynical. I’m starting to get cynical. Or maybe I’m just bored. I don’t … Continue reading Steam Whistle News Feed – June 9, 2023
…And four more things this week. Maybe five. Or six. I don’t really know how to frame this stuff, to be honest. I think I had something, but then lost it somewhere along the way. To me, the issues represented here are glaring, but to many they're not, and I don’t know how to—nor would … Continue reading Steam Whistle News Feed – April 28, 2023