I was five years old on July 4, 1976. The American Bicentennial was a very big deal. My whole world turned red, white, and blue. The stars and stripes were everywhere. The United States of America was 200 years old, and you couldn’t be conscious and miss that fact. That sounds like a long time—hell, … Read more
It was Saintseester‘s comment on Wonder Woman’s revised costume that put the term self-loathing (regarding some citizens of the United States and what they feel for their country) in ready space in my brain. A lot of it caught my eye leading up to this Independence Day. We’re just another world citizen, so many would … Read more
Demonstrating adequate reading comprehension skills, five Supreme Court justices today ruled that the Chicago handgun ban is unconstitutional. Here’s to a blow against the alarmingly successful radicalization of firearms. (Suit me just fine to return to a day in which a fellow carrying a pistol would be no more unusual than him carrying a handkerchief.) … Read more