Mini-Gypsy Tour 2013
I leave on another mini-Gypsy tour tomorrow morning, this one a ten-day solo motorcycle ride to Nevada and California.
Sunday Bag o’ Mules
Mules, local color, wannabes.
Paul’s Movie Reviews
Short reviews of rental DVDs
Tuesday Bag o’ Militarization
What scares me is the thought that when law enforcement agencies have military hardware, firepower, and training, they’ll inevitably cook up reasons to use it.
You Can’t Read That!
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring news about banned books and censorship.
Thursday Bag o’ Thuggery
So far it’s been a thuggish week. The Boston Marathon bombings. The media frenzy and over-reaction that followed. The Senate demonstrating, once again, that it thinks “democracy” is crazy talk. And now the fertilizer plant in West, Texas.
Keeping Calm & Carrying On
Get out. Go for a walk. Sit down at a sidewalk cafe. Be with people, show you’re not afraid.
Monday Bag o’ PC
I’ve been thinking about political correctness lately. The legend on the bag says “Political correctness killed soldiers at Ft Hood.” Really? We all know what happened at Fort Hood in 2009: a single gunman, an Army major serving as a psychiatrist, killed 13 of his fellow troops and injured 30. He was Arab-American and Muslim; […]