Don’t Let My Vote Hurt Your Feelings
Because, really, that’s all that’s at stake here. I don’t hate Hillary and I’m not voting against her. We really needed her once. We needed her in 2004 when the Bush administration was fucking...
View ArticleBinge Without Shame
What normally follows a binge is regret. What did I say? What did I do? Did I offend anyone? Did I smoke cigarettes? Fuck up any important relationships? Two weeks ago, Charlie and I played golf on a...
View ArticleWe can’t be “Again” what we never were
I don’t think anyone really disagrees with Make America Great. I was raised in the Cold War 80s and we were fed patriotism like fluoride-laced water. To a one, my GenX friends are all fiercely...
View ArticleSettle down, Robin Hood. You have to pay the doctors.
Healthcare is NOT a right. It’s too expensive to be guaranteed. Medical professionals have extensive schooling and loans to pay back. They have malpractice insurance to pay for. And they self-select...
View Article“Healthcare is a right” and other stupid shit people say at town hall meetings
Senator Graham had a room full of people who didn’t vote for him on Saturday, March 25th, in Columbia. He asked early-on how many people were Democrats. He made a prepared statement and then he...
View ArticleA Good Place to Start: Globalists vs. Nationalists and a Father’s Day debate
I learned a new term this weekend. It’s the term being applied to the enemy. It’s the nom de guerre for those asshats who plan to sell us down the river and ruin our nation. Globalists. Apparently,...
View ArticleYoung, Scrappy, & Hungry
Sometimes I wish my handwriting, my voice, or my laughter could precede me into a room. These are the stylistic traits of myself with which I am the most free. I will gladly pen something, speak up, or...
View ArticleAsk Not What Your Country Can Do For You
Crossfit. Beast mode. Warrior Series. Mud Runs. Iron Man triathlons. We’re a generation of Pain is Glory. Of pushing limits, many of which are totally arbitrary. Just about everyone I know has run some...
View ArticleGroup Work Sucks but I’ll Do it Anyway Because I Care That Much. Really.
I have been known to confess my aversion to group work. In undergrad, I intentionally registered for more credits than I needed so that I could drop the two worst courses as determined by 1) attendance...
View ArticleHey, white people, #TakeAKnee. This is a coachable moment.
It’s hard work. The bottom line about addressing racism in this country is that it’s hard work. We have to be willing to listen. We have to try to be empathetic. We have to put ourselves in someone...
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