Ron DeSantis is turning Florida into a fascist state
This was originally published in my Cup of Coffee Newsletter on February 2, 2023 In our current political age it’s easy to let the nearly daily outrages wash over us, but no matter how desensitized we may become, some things manage to stand out as truly odious, truly dangerous, and truly appalling. Such as what […]
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Dark Thoughts on Election Eve
For six years I and others have been saying “we’re better than this,” but we’re not better than this.
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Coast to Coast
🎶 I will walk ninety-six miles and I will walk ninety-six more . . . 🎶
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Stop scapegoating the mentally ill
Tuesday’s mass murder of 19 children and two teachers in Texas has caused a lot of people to grope for answers and explanations. A lot of them are doing so in a highly disingenuous manner.
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The 1990s and Disappointed Idealism
I talked about UFOs for five minutes and it made me think about how I felt 25 years ago
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Philip Derrow is back on his bullshit
Last August the New Albany, Ohio school board refused to impose a mask mandate. Given that my kids go to New Albany schools this, quite understandably, bugged me. I usually don’t attend school board meetings but upon reviewing the video of the most recent one, it became pretty clear that school board member Philip Derrow […]
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The Acquittal of Kyle Rittenhouse
As a result of this verdict, there will no doubt be more Kyle Rittenhouses
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Urban Meyer: It’s time to own your R!
Three years ago my kids’ school system adopted a motivational philosophy known as “E + R = O.” It stands for “Events + Response = Outcomes.” It’s designed, essentially, to be a personal responsibility tool which says “we can control how things go based on our responses to external events.” The action item based on […]
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My night at the school board meeting
I went and did a democracy.
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UPDATE: School Board Member is Censured for Equating Masks with Holocaust; Deletes Tweets
Philip Derrow styles himself a man of reason and intellect. In reality, he’s spreading the worst kind of COVID misinformation and trafficking in the most offense of tropes.
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