The Sunshine Empire

The political world is in turmoil and I don’t know who or what to trust in today’s America. I’ve been mostly silent over the last few days because, much like many Americans I have become disgusted with both political parties. I was a registered Republican at the height of the Gingrich revolution, and a registered [...]

Today is St. Patrick’s day, and that Asian guy you work with is proudly wearing the “Kiss me I’m Irish” t-shirt from Spencers Gifts. All your friends from accounting will be going down to the local TGIFridays to drink green beer and some will make pithy jokes about St. Patrick, snakes, and Samuel L. Jackson [...]

As we reach the end of the first decade of the 21st century the news is filled with not only year end reviews but also decade end reviews. I began this decade in a simple and unglamorous fashion. In late 1999 my girlfriend’s parents at the time were paranoid Trilateral Commission types convinced that the [...]

My mother received this email just at that time of year when conservatives start their annual victimgasm known as the war on Christmas. Now I understand it probably did not come from the actual Jesus, as I believe he’s more of a text message guy, but the message is an important one. Letter from Jesus [...]

I was lied to when I was a boy. We all were actually but I was lied to. My parents worked hard to put me through an excellent private Catholic school, and I was lied to. Today some will celebrate Columbus Day here in the United States, but Mr. Columbus was the driving force in [...]