The old world concept of the American workweek if fading. Dad worked in a factory, Mom worked various jobs when I was young and somehow made ends meet. We were average, what I would call middle class folks, set in the ways of post war, long ago depression days. All four siblings worked while growing […]
Oooh, let’s start with the New York State Republicans. Idiotic GOP leaders (?) conducted a closed door straw poll to pick Long Island Republican Lee Zeldin as their candidate for face off against Democrat incumbent Andrew Cuomo for governor. Idiot Republican, so-called leaders chose Zeldin, an ally and supporter of former President Donald Trump. This, […]
Okay, you made a mistake. You went way too far in some cases trying to protect the poor, downtrodden people committing crimes. You felt the ‘poor’ poor could not make excessive bails, therefore you all but eliminated the power of the local courts to affix bails. Just about everybody, from drug dealers, killers, sex abusers, […]
So, the other day I was looking at one of those internet sites “Women of the 60s-70s and what they look like now” I was totally taken back on some, no most, of the ‘femme fatale’ and how those once sexy, desirable figures seemed to have let themselves go. Where were those fabulous faces, figures, […]
We are the policeman of the world. We have the brightest, most innovative thinkers. This republic/democracy is the envy of the world. We have the most significant military. Bottom line, everybody wants to be an American. Ingenuity is the stalwart of capitalism and we are most successful at showing it. Well, that is the way […]
Oooh, look, Popeye just smashed Bluto out cold. Fake cowboy guns, filled with exploding caps were all the norm. TV showed Indians ,and bad guys with black hats falling off horses by the scores. War movies kind of showed the brutality of combat, usually with the godless Japs and Jerries finding due justice. All was […]
Okay, I am 70 years-old and have more than my share of aches and pains. After 43 various operations, a bout with cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and a host of maladies. Yes, this body requires a great deal of help. This comes, of course, with myriad medications that supposedly boost, or aid in reducing pain, extending […]
The debate begins, but the decision should be obvious. Now that just about every sane human being agrees climate change is real and carbon output must be curtailed, some on the right are hemming and hawing over how to handle the earth corruption. Former President Trump attempted to boost a dying coal industry, but large […]
Okay, don’t get your panties all in a bunch over the word ‘socialist’. It is not a new term, or one that should scare the bejesus out of you. We kind of define socialism as a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by […]
Can media, any media, be completely unbiased? Once again, media is a human product, therefore imperfect, including the Times of Wayne County. Here is some more news for you. As a watcher, reader, listener, we humans are also very imperfect, therefore biased by our very nature. Sure, we can pretend not to be biased, racist, […]
I am on a human quest to find and define a hero, my task taking many turns. Why are some municipalities, schools, down playing or removing names on buildings and parks, removing once-honored military monuments? Is there something afoot to denounce the once-hero status of men and women? Is deep scrutiny and second looks at […]
Last week as Wife Patti was preparing to mail out invitations to the Wayne County Republican ‘Chairman’s Club Dinner’, she informed me I would “not have to attend”. Wife Patti is one of the uppity-ups in the County Republican committee and Chairperson for the Walworth Republican Committee. Gee, after many years of dragging me to […]
I was supposedly born into a middle class family in 1951, but by middle class, there had to be more of a definition. According to my second generation Eastern European mother, money was always tight. It was not uncommon to follow Ma around the shopping center that had two different grocery stores, Loblaws and Star […]
Texas, ahh, Texas...that big ole’ state with 10 gallon hats, chock full of dumb ass Republicans trying to hold onto their family jewels, while kicking anybody else in the balls. After the humiliating voter scare in the recent election, the Texas GOP and Governor are now launching an avalanche of bills to curtail them thar […]
There I was, minding my own business. Two grandchildren, Eric and Sadie, belonging to Son Devin and Daughter-In-Law Christy, were spending a Saturday night over at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. We have a small two-bedroom dwelling, and the spare bedroom is our office. Therefore, cots have to be set up in the living-room for guest […]
