Since Donald Trump has won the presidential election and Brexit was approved, it seems only fitting that each has a direct influence on the 2016 Dictionary.com “Word of the Year” released today. Xenophobia – noun: Fear or hatred of foreigners. In a nation that was built on immigration it seems interesting that the word of … Continue reading “Exhuming McCarthy” – R.E.M.’s Song That Explains Dictionary.com’s Word of The Year
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Automatic For The People -An R.E.M. Mixtape For The Next Administration
When you grow up in rural Georgia in a small town like I did, then the radio can be one of the few windows to an outside world. That and a collection of cassette tapes that you purchased over time at Turtle’s or Record Bar in Athens, GA when you went to the orthodontist or … Continue reading Automatic For The People -An R.E.M. Mixtape For The Next Administration
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Betsy DeVos -The Worst Choice for Secretary of Education
Picking Betsy DeVos as the Secretary of Education is like letting an arsonist loose in a drought-ridden forest and giving her gasoline and matches to play with. Furthermore, she controls the weather. It’s a terrible choice by President-elect Trump and an indication that the privatization movement that already has a head start in North Carolina … Continue reading Betsy DeVos -The Worst Choice for Secretary of Education
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Aaron Burr Slays Another Politician and Lincoln Tweeted About It
Aaron Burr killed Alexander Hamilton. Aaron Burr has now slayed Mike Pence. After a performance of the musical Hamilton in New York, the man playing the role of Aaron Burr addressed a now-famous politician who was in the crowd – VP-Elect Mike Pence. It was astounding. The actor, Brandon Victor Dunn, is an African-American man … Continue reading Aaron Burr Slays Another Politician and Lincoln Tweeted About It
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Top Ten Trump University Mascot Possibilities
Donald Trump recently as President-Elect elected to pay out $25 million dollars to settle lawsuits against possible fraudulent actions involving Trump University. And while Trump University is no more, the thoughts that it could have had the best athletic program money could buy (no pun intended), it would be interesting to think of what mascot … Continue reading Top Ten Trump University Mascot Possibilities
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Why Pat McCrory Has Already “Lost” This Election
If the current numbers pan out, Pat McCrory will be a one-term governor. But more glaringly apparent is that his defeat came in a year of another GOP wave of victory in the nation. If the numbers are correct, over 60,000 people in North Carolina who voted for Donald Trump as POTUS DID NOT CAST … Continue reading Why Pat McCrory Has Already “Lost” This Election
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The Graveyard Vote Has Already Cast Their Ballots
“Marley was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.” Opening lines of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol “Bob Marley was dead. There is no doubt that his music lives on.” I just quoted that from my head. Donald Trump’s assertion that the election is rigged (if he loses) has unleashed … Continue reading The Graveyard Vote Has Already Cast Their Ballots
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The Scarlet Letter(s) of Donald Trump
With a convulsive motion, he tore away the ministerial band from before his breast. It was revealed! But it were irreverent to describe that revelation. For an instant, the gaze of the horror-stricken multitude was concentrated on the ghastly miracle; while the minister stood, with a flush of triumph in his face, as one who, … Continue reading The Scarlet Letter(s) of Donald Trump
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Why The Screwtape Letters Matter Now – OR, What C.S. Lewis Said About The Current Election
There is a Facebook posting circulating that places the current political climate (notably Donald Trump) in the context of C.S. Lewis’s iconic book The Screwtape Letters. Most people may know C.S. Lewis as the writer of The Chronicles of Narnia, seven books of Christian allegory that chronicle the battle of good versus evil and filled … Continue reading Why The Screwtape Letters Matter Now – OR, What C.S. Lewis Said About The Current Election
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The Fragilepidermalitis of Donald Trump – A Diagnosis of Tweets
Fragliepidermalitis - the condition of having metaphorical "thin skin" coupled with a propensity to reacting violently when constructively criticized, deservingly lampooned, or adequately parodied; i.e. - can't take a joke. If you have not seen the latest parody of Donald Trump by Alec Baldwin on Saturday Night Live, it was rather hilarious. At least to … Continue reading The Fragilepidermalitis of Donald Trump – A Diagnosis of Tweets
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