The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum is as American as America gets. As I continued my journey along Route 66, I stopped in Springfield, Illinois. Springfield is the capital of Illinois. It’s not exactly the middle of the country, but it sure does feel like the heartland. And…
Jamestown 1619, Plymouth 1620, and the Struggle for the Soul of America About a year ago, I wrote about Carnival and Lent as a metaphor for America’s eternal…
People these days have a tendency to comfort themselves (or steel their courage) by talking about being on the ‘right side of history.’ I have no objection…
(Part 2 in a series. See Part 1 here.) Only way you’re ever gonna get revenge though is to stop submitting to the rich white motherfuckers that…
(Part 1 of 2. See Part 2 here. So here are things I’m told about the typical American white man: I’m not going to argue with any…
The really short story is that Trump and the Republicans passed a tax and spending bill this year that taxes you to spend on benefits for the…