by aaron | Jan 28, 2019 | blog
The news today is that Howard Schulz, former Starbucks CEO, is contemplating a 2020 presidential run. Schulz, who is about to embark upon a cross-country book tour, plans to use the next three months to evaluate a potential candidacy, and will make a...
by aaron | Jan 25, 2019 | blog
The news today was big — first, the government shutdown has ended. That statement comes with an important caveat — for three weeks. Trump agreed to a plan to reopen the government and pay federal employees; after that, I guess we’re all...
by aaron | Jan 21, 2019 | blog, Essays
The Rolling Stones are back on tour this spring! If you’ve heard this refrain before, and before, and before that…., it’s because this is a band that, like any good leech, is biologically incapable of letting go. The theme of this...
by aaron | Jan 8, 2019 | blog
As is our custom here at AndWhyNot?, we’d like to pause and acknowledge that on this day 83-years ago, Elvis Aron Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. In a time when much is stained a muddy, yellow-brown with the fecal detritus of our political...
by aaron | Jan 7, 2019 | blog
As the government shutdown continues into its third week, President Trump has alluded to invoking his ability to cite Emergency Powers to allocate funds for his pet project, the border wall. A recent Times article analyzed what would be involved with that process....