In a recent article, University of Denver political scientist Seth Masket claims that the Netflix series “House of Cards” is “the worst show about American Politics. Ever” Aft...Read More
Here is something that every proponent of gun rights must accept: The cost of protecting their “right” to own guns is the death of innocent people. Because individuals own guns in the Unit...Read More
Last week I relayed that my brother Henry Boy Jenkins created a new Christmas classic Kiss Me Under the Mistletoe. The album — awesomely titled Frothing the Nog — is available through Gree...Read More
As the War on Christmas resumes allow me to point your attention to a new-classic Xmas song. Green Monkey Records has just released their annual Xmas compilation, “Frothing the Nog,” whose...Read More
It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps. –Martin Luther King, Jr. ...Read More
In a desperate attempt to forget that the CSU took a $100 million mid-year cut yesterday on top of the $650 million cut we took at the beginning of the year, I have produced another “best ofR...Read More
Looking over my posts from the last few months there is little that I find particularly entertaining. They seem to reflect my mood through most of the semester: irascible. But I’m not that guy. ...Read More
Anyone who knows me knows that I love football. I am particularly attached to my hometown team, the Seattle Seahawks. The Seahawks arrived in Seattle in 1976. I was 11 years old, a “jock” ...Read More
***I was asked to contribute to a beer blog. The topic was beer labels, beer caps, and coasters. I thought I would post the essay here, just for the fun of it. It is the Friday before the Labor Day we...Read More