Past Leaders
Let’s do a quick check on what past great leaders are doing with their valuable time. Barack Obama A new library full of interesting knowledge, world experience and lessons learned Justin Trudeau […]
Month: May 2026
Make Political Violence Fun Again
Let’s talk assassination attempts. But let’s make it fun. Assassinations aren’t funny, of course. But neither is is getting injured by a mechanical device, and I’ve built several humor blogs out of that subject. Thankfully […]
A Day in the Life of a Texas High School Prom Dress Coach
A high school in Texas requires female students to have prom dresses pre-approved by a school coach. The Wall Street Journal As I looked out the window of my tiny, bare-bones office onto the mesquite-speckled […]
Strategies to Stretch Your Dollar as Prices Surge
Unless you’re a hermit living in a tent in the forest, you have no doubt noticed that the cost of gasoline, groceries, and dining out has gone through the stratosphere. In fact, based on the […]
As Dylan’s 85th Birthday Approaches, Appliance Dealers Ask “What If?”
HIBBING, Minnesota. As tributes marking Bob Dylan’s 85th birthday appeared in the national news today, word spread around this town of 17,000 in northeastern Minnesota that its most famous local musician was being celebrated for […]
SPARKS BRIEF: The Ballroom Blitz
Washington, D.C. – After the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Trump immediately called for the construction of his “militarily top secret ballroom.” Which, don’t tell the president, hasn’t been top secret since the […]
My Dark Horse Run for the Bad Sex in Fiction Award
It’s hard out there–to coin a phrase–for a guy who’d like to quit his day job and write. You look for any advantage you can get. A few weeks ago I read about a guy […]