Wisdom for Dummies
Month: July 2020
Announcing a New, Politically Correct Name for the Washington Redskins
Thanks in part to the Black Lives Matter protests, media attention has recently turned to the controversial name of the NFL football franchise in our nation’s capital: The Washington Redskins. A tiny fringe group of […]
Scooter & Skipper and the Delayed Gratification Club
Summer’s mid-point is here, and signs of boredom are visible in the demeanor of our two boys, Scooter and Skipper. Instead of riding their bikes to the corner store to buy baseball cards with money […]
At the Pine-Woods Golf & Poetry Club
For most of the 20th century, the poetry world resembled a country club. The New York Times Book Review It was a Sunday afternoon, and I just wanted to get out of the damn […]
Trump Wears Mask, Robs Convenience Store
Still wearing the mask from his visit to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday, President Trump robbed a 7-Eleven in the Northeast section of the District of Columbia last night. The President […]
One Woman’s Campaign to Ban the F-Bomb Goes Nuclear
BOSTON. Inge Helvig is a statuesque blond and a former fashion model, but inside her striking exterior she has the crusading temperament of a Carrie Nation. “I want my daughters to grow up in better […]
I’m So Old I Remember …
ROTARY TELEPHONES Today, you can “dial” a telephone by pushing buttons. And most of us have cellphones, making it easy to get in touch with someone faster than you can say “android.” In the old […]