When I was a tot, it was pretty common to see a sign at stores and restaurants that said something like WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE (Sometimes it added FOR ANY REASON, in case you missed the point.) You don’t see those signs so much anymore. Really, this ship has been … Read more
There are lots of incorrectly attributed or just flat made-up quotes circulating, and some of the ones I see the most have politicians attached to them. Someone—maybe Dianne Feinstein? can’t remember for sure—is supposed to have said that once a gunman realizes everyone else is unarmed, he’ll lay his gun down because that’s human nature. … Read more
Roseanne Barr was once “only” a stand-up comic—and she was a good one. Alas, it seems being a good stand-up comic is a major risk factor for being, if you’ll pardon the insensitive expression, out of your damned mind. Sometimes it seems relatively innocuous. Frequently, it’s destructive. Roseanne is definitely in the latter category. Recently … Read more