(Political Ramblings from a Little Left of Center)
Saturday. In the Park. I think it was the Fourth of July. While wishing I’d started my walk earlier in today’s Texas heat, I contemplated the celebration of our nation’s 250th birthday. It quickly occurred to me that I’ve been alive for a not-insignificant percentage of that history. Dandy. I then flashed on the cheap…
I’ve been asked numerous questions over the years regarding political campaign donations. This side-note post serves as something for me to share in future responses. I’ll get back to the 2026 elections (and donations to those campaigns) shortly. When to Donate In general, early donations are better than late donations. On the other hand, campaigns…
Democrats unquestionably had a great day on Tuesday, winning elections across the country. Separately, Wednesday’s Supreme Court arguments in the case regarding the legality of Trump’s tariffs indicated that many of the justices are at least a wee bit reluctant to approve Trump’s quite obviously unconstitutional power grab. Yay? Sorry, but a little black cloud…
I first posted to this rendition of my political blog seven years ago today. I’ve been absent for a while, largely tending to wounds inflicted by the last election. Unfortunately, those wounds are still unhealed. As I feared, this administration – aided by cowardly Congressional Republicans and disorganized Congressional Democrats – has proven to be…
I seriously doubt that this post will mark my return to regular blogging. However, I’ve been thinking about this particular topic quite a lot lately. I needed to write things down to organize those thoughts and decided I might as well share. I’ve been at a complete loss trying to determine what Democrats (and other…
While I began sharing my thoughts online way back in 2003, today marks the six-year anniversary of my first post to the ParentheticalPolitics iteration of my blog. Although there have been periods of sparse activity (and there will undoubtedly be more), the blog has seen a ponderous plethora of published political posts. A copious cornucopia…
A good friend recently sent me this remarkably appropriate cartoon: Wanting to include proper attribution, I did a little research. Turns out that this is the work of David Sipress and it’s not at all new. In fact, the cartoon dates back to the Clinton administration and even Sipress doesn’t remember where it was originally…
“And remember, Florida’s easier than other places. You have the ocean and you have the sun. There’s something about that that works. But — you have the sun, too, but you don’t have the ocean. I can tell. You definitely don’t have the ocean. Maybe someday you’ll have the ocean, you never know.” – The…
A friend just texted me about a Florida woman who was arrested on Tuesday for throwing wine at Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). This is now the second time that Gaetz has been the public target of projectile liquids. While I admittedly find both incidents quite humorous, I’m frankly torn with respect to the appropriateness of…
I just read a recent opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal written by one Gary Geipel. Seems Gary was all bent out of shape about the registration process for the Sundance Film Festival currently underway in Utah. He was so irritated that he wrote an associated rant entitled “The Sundance Film Festival Loyalty Oath”…