For years and years, Black Friday was enough. Not too long ago, Thanksgiving night stuck its nose under the tent. And tomorrow, several retailers will be open regular hours, or nearly so. We seem to be on the way to Thanksgiving Day being the first day of the Christmas shopping season. And there is outrage. … Read more
I’m all over the series of tubes today! Alabamians Can Read will take on The Secret History of Wonder Woman for its final selection of 2014. This book sounds fascinating and provocative, and I’m sure we’ll have a lot of enjoyable discussion on it. In my latest Arsenic & Old Spice at Rocket City Mom, … Read more
As commentary on my views, I rarely find anything as wrong-headed as the assertion that I’m “voting against (my) self-interest.” I recently encountered a typically obnoxious example (and with a race card bonus!). These assessments of my motivations are at best presumptuous, and at worst ignorant. They assume a single, predictable effect of a proposed law … Read more