Something More I Learned about Rodeo Clowns

I received this letter from a reader following my article "Voting for the Rodeo Clown":  You seem to have glossed over two very simple but telling points about "Rodeo Clowns"  They (rodeo clowns) very much like Special Forces soldiers and...

Bernie Welcomes Trump Nomination

Bernie Sanders for President Sisters and Brothers – Now that Ted Cruz and John Kasich have dropped out, it looks almost certain that Donald Trump will accept the Republican Party's presidential nomination in Cleveland this July. Almost certain. Just the...

Cudahy Blocked Term Limits

The dysfunction of Cudahy knows no bounds. Check out this link, which features a Cudahy City Council meeting from 2012. The city council, before the FBI agents arrested people, before a new sweep of elected officials stepped into to fix the mess they created, the city...

Conservatives: As Good As it Gets (And Getting Better)

One of my favorite movies is “As Good as It Gets”. Jack Nicholson plays Melvin Udall, a successful romance novelist with obsessive compulsive disorder—and a mean mouth. He falls in love with a waitress, Carolyn Connelly (played by Helen Hunt) whose plain-spokenness...