by aaron | May 30, 2019 | blog
Recently I was seated beside a window in my apartment when I heard a muffled mrrpmh from outside. The sound was so small I didn’t really pay it much attention. But then I heard it again: mrrpmh, mrrpmh, mrrpmh. I looked up....
by aaron | Feb 13, 2019 | blog, Essays
“I hope we do not forget the pain and anguish and sense of loss felt by those all over the country who have been the victims of violence at the hands of illegal aliens,” said Representative Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican who read a short list of people who had been...
by aaron | Feb 6, 2019 | blog, Essays
Joe Biden said something nice about a Republican! Liberals of America — recoil! The horror. The horror. The horror. The Times recently reported that this past fall former VP Joe Biden spoke at college in western Michigan. Apparently Biden...
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...