To say there’s a lot riding on the U.S. Supreme Court’s eventual ruling in a case challenging Mississippi’s restrictive abortion ban is a galactic understatement. If, as currently appears the case, the court effectively topples Roe v. Wade, the 1973 precedent that declared a constitutional right to abortion, regulation of the practice would return to […]

When Republican victories narrowed the partisan gap in the House of Representatives to eight seats in 2020 (221-213) and followed it this year by prevailing in the Virginia gubernatorial race, the party was positively ecstatic about its ever-brightening future and enormously enhanced odds of winning Congressional control in the 2022 midterms. With those gains in […]

Abortion has again arrived at the U.S. Supreme Court. The issue boils down to whether the Court will abandon its Roe v. Wade ruling that abortion is a federally protected right and leave the issue to the states. Its decision could place abortion at the center of next year’s political campaigns. Abortion may be the […]

As a way to celebrate my recent 79th birthday, Tina and I attended two theatrical performances. On the first night, we saw, “Oklahoma,” put on by Heartwood Regional Theater in Newcastle and featuring student actors from Lincoln Academy as well as some home-schooled students. On the second night, we saw “Cabaret,” put on by Portland […]

I have a couple of thoughts on the issue of jokes and the telling thereof. They are not all good thoughts, but if the jokes told to us can make us laugh, that’s good because laughter I’m told, is healthy. They say it cures lots of illnesses. But alas, not all jokes result in real […]