by Ai Friendly | Oct 24, 2022 | Witty Repartee on any topic
Here’s how politics in America works: The Donkeys (Democratic National Committee or DNC) and Elephants (Republican National Committee or RNC) have carefully constructed two purely hypothetical and illusory public facades for us to either identify with or reject....
by Ai Friendly | Oct 17, 2022 | Witty Repartee on any topic
I often speculate about the world in 2048, the year I will turn 100. The easy prediction is that transportation will be fully automated in order to eliminate human error and traffic fatalities, but until recently my shortsighted opinion was that most transportation...
by Ai Friendly | Oct 9, 2022 | Witty Repartee on any topic
As a boy, I remember sitting in the front yard thinking about the possibility of an asteroid hitting the earth. I decided we’d have to figure out a way to blast them before they hit. Then I forgot all about it and went off to play. I was not the first to contemplate...
by Ai Friendly | Oct 2, 2022 | Witty Repartee on any topic
As a teacher for 33 years, I have posted in defense of hard-working education professionals, who have recently come under a lot of false fire. They are not, as one right wing narrative goes, a pack of Liberals intent on indoctrinating American youth. Wrong on both...
by Ai Friendly | Sep 26, 2022 | Witty Repartee on any topic
In 2009, the Tea Party burst like a glorious firework in the American night sky and then disappeared. Where did it go? It was co-opted both from the top and from the bottom of American society. Let’s Review! The Tea Party movement is said by some to have been born out...
by Ai Friendly | Sep 19, 2022 | Witty Repartee on any topic
On this day of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, it would seem to be a good time for some reflection as to why the British are still nominally tied to the monarchy, and why we, here in America, seem to care. First it must be acknowledged that England is a monarchy in name...
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