‘Once America was John Wayne: stoical, taciturn and tough as hell. Now it’s a babbling neurotic on the couch, popping pills and whining about its self-esteem. What went wrong?? — From Christopher Hart’s review of ‘Smile or Die: How Positive Thinking Fooled America and the World? by Barbara Ehrenreich * * * Last week’s Clarkston […]
Peace on earth and good will to men. Holiday seasons always seem to get mucked up because of some whack-job somewhere is hellbent on destruction. I know it is a hard concept for me to grasp, but, the world isn’t on Dandy Don Rush’s blue-sky and sunshine schedule. It outta be, but alas, it ain’t […]
To all the Scrooges out there — stop being cranky! To all the Grinches out there — take five from your grumpiness! To all those smarty old snooties with their beaks in the air (and you know who you are, you who are too high and mighty to enjoy a little goodwill and peace) smile […]
March is a time when folks start to think spring in Michigan may actually arrive. It’s also a time car dealerships and furniture stores have Irish-themed sales. There’s still snow on the ground. The air is still cold and, wouldn’t you know it, St. Patrick’s Day is here. To help all you of non-Irish descent […]
Gather ’round kiddies. Huddle close together and listen up. It’s December in the year of our Lord, 2015. We had a snow last month, your Detroit football Lions, won a Thanksgiving game and the 10 day weather forecast for Southeastern Michigan has temperatures solidly in the 40s. Hot damn and deck them halls with boughs […]
I will admit it, I am emotionally retarded. To many I am distant. Stoic. I have shared my soul with only a few precious people. It’s not that I don’t feel, I am human. I just don’t share well with others what is inside my coat of armor.I am impartial.Balanced.I am forever calm (one even […]
Last week, Oxford editor CJ Carnacchio penned a column in regards to the new “bad” thing in society — negativity. He wrote about the “cult” of positivity. That, in turn spawned a letter to our Oxford paper. Since not everybody reads the Oxford Leader, I thought I would share that letter. I find it interesting […]
I ended last week’s chapter of the sacred texts known as Don’t Rush Me (the column) thusly: So, I have been hearing about an effort afoot to open up and change the Michigan Constitution to put in verbiage stating something like, ‘It is unconstitutional to discriminate against anyone based on their sexuality, gender identity . […]
Lest you think I forgot, or went back on my word from last week . . . the following are bullet points on why Public Noitces should be run in newspapers, versus running them strictly on websites run by local governments. That is sorta like having the fox guard the hen house, all for the […]
I have never claimed to be the sharpest knife in the drawer, the brightest bulb in the box, toughest kid on the block, the prettiest face in the mirror, nor the wittiest clown under the big top, BUT . . . my heart flittered a wee bit this weekend whilst reading reader e-mail. Maybe a […]