PinnedSacrificing Children Is What We AreIn the wake of the most recent mass shooting of children at school, (which will apply to something recent, whatever month or year you may be reading this), I propose we stop talking about what we can do. “What’s next? How do we stop the next one? Who is responsible…Guns4 min readGuns4 min read
PinnedAmerican Conservatism: Enemy to Human Decency.American Conservatives are the enemies of human decency. No ambiguity on the issue exists. The views, life experience, and absolutely the religion of any of them is completely irrelevant. American Conservatism, and by extension the mainstream Republican party today are incompatible with civilized society. If would-be Republicans out there want…Conservatism6 min readConservatism6 min read
PinnedDebate is CounterproductiveWithout question, in a free society one should be able to express views, even vile ones. This does not entitle said person to a megaphone to amplify their ideas to a huge audience. Nor does it entitle said person to be inoculated from criticism. Say something nasty and unpopular in…Debate4 min readDebate4 min read
Jan 25, 2022The Failure of Right-Wing “Humor.”Much is made about how Conservatives are not funny. And by and large, they aren’t. Oh, people of like mind laugh at what passes as “a joke” to most on the Right, but that hardly classifies them as being truly funny. The wherefore and why of the Right’s poorly received…Comedy3 min readComedy3 min read
Jan 20, 2022Yes, the US is Binary. Choose Good.The United States wasn’t designed as a two party system. The Founders generally eschewed the notion of factionalism and parties. Committee chairman, majority and minority leader and other such party-oriented positions within the Congress are not in the Constitution, and never have been. …Biden3 min readBiden3 min read
Nov 20, 2021Protect School Boards with LegislationThe government of a free society should never wrap itself around the collective throats of the citizenry. It should, indeed must be flexible, willing to meet the moments of history, and the obstacles of any given epoch of the supposed free nation’s existence. To not do so is to allow…School Board5 min readSchool Board5 min read
Mar 24, 2021Niche, Please!I have a niche problem. I don’t mean my particular niche is problematic. I mean I have a problem with determining and remaining in a niche in the first place. Establishing and appealing to a niche is the no-so-secret ingredient of both online marketing and content creation itself. …3 min read3 min read
Feb 22, 202112 Ways Community Theatre Is Perfect for Folks on the Autism SpectrumCommunity, (or amateur, or volunteer) theatre has been a significant part of my life for years. I was of course on the Autism Spectrum long before I took up acting, but I took up acting long before I KNEW I was on the Spectrum. It’s not for everybody, and it’s…Autism Spectrum Disorder6 min readAutism Spectrum Disorder6 min read
Dec 29, 2020Dance to the Beat of Your Own AutismShe’d seemed like a nice enough girl. Kind of cute. I knew next to nothing about her, other than she was younger than me and related to someone else at our school. Due to scheduling oddities, I was in her sophomore Spanish class during my senior year. It took weeks…Autism Spectrum Disorder7 min readAutism Spectrum Disorder7 min read
Dec 19, 2020Autistic Mask BindingIf you put an infant’s head in a vice or similar apparatus, you can alter the shape of their skull. It has to do with cranial plates not fully fusing together for the first year of a person’s life. …Autism Spectrum Disorder4 min readAutism Spectrum Disorder4 min read
