The Animal World. In Praise of the Kangaroo Court; In Condemnation of Snakes and Weasels.
Alex Jones belongs in jail. Make it happen, judicial system. Yes, I'm talking to you, those of you educated and trained to ensure the...
Begging no questions, but raising a few.
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Chuck Radda
- Sep 1
- 3 min
On knowing when the game has ended: an honest surrender to my evangelical friends
Dear anonymous evangelicals who voted for Trump, You won. You don't have to vote for him anymore. __________________________ We should...
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Chuck Radda
- Aug 29
- 3 min
In Finland, March 19 is Equality Day; in America, August 26 is Women's Equality Day
Both need some retooling. If you have access to the N.Y. Times online, be sure to read yesterday's piece by Maureen Dowd. In it she...
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Chuck Radda
- Aug 27
- 4 min
There's a case to be made for making the case
Most of us have lived our entire lives without the FBI raiding our homes. It's not luck: it's just that we're not criminals. When Richard...
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Chuck Radda
- Aug 24
- 3 min
"A League of Their Own" doesn't really have one.
I shy away from entertainment reviews because I have squandered more than my share of time on TV series and movies of questionable merit....
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Chuck Radda
- Aug 20
- 3 min
The "Great America" of the MAGA herd—When was that?
You can't have a movement without a slogan, and even though MAGA sounds a little too much like maggot for my taste, apparently, Trump...
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Chuck Radda
- Jul 30
- 3 min
When the CEO earns 300-times that of the entry-level worker, expect bad decisions from both.
Donald Trump may be aberrant, but his election in 2016 was not an aberration; it was, instead, the logical extension of that one detail...
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Chuck Radda
- Jul 24
- 2 min
The "woke" are very disconcerting to the un-woke. Why give it up?
Remember that time long ago when you were woke? You were probably much younger then, after all, this was months ago, but some of us still...
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Chuck Radda
- Jul 9
- 3 min
Two concepts linked only in America: 1. Lauren Boebert. 2. Representative.
It is difficult to argue with those who argue that Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is an ass. A well-armed one at that, at least in...
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Chuck Radda
- Jul 4
- 3 min
A radical proposal for a day when we mark the anniversary of a radical proposal.
The Trump presidency comprised four years of bad behavior: bigotry, prejudice, racial and gender hatred, and a glaring disregard for the...
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Chuck Radda
- Jun 30
- 2 min
Can I get a witness? It's very likely if you pray on the 50-yard line.
It is difficult, given the current composition of the United States Supreme Court, to single out any one particular malefactor as being...
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Chuck Radda
- Jun 26
- 4 min
Less Wallowing, More Action
I'm sure you remember how it was waking up on November 9, 2016. If you awakened at all. You would have to have slept first, and many of...
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Chuck Radda
- May 9
- 3 min
The Supreme Court—Preventing Vice and Promoting Virtue, one casualty at a time
Over the weekend, the Taliban, which last summer promised (or maybe implied? hinted at?) a movement away from its draconian past,...
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Chuck Radda
- Feb 25
- 2 min
For those who contend that we study history to learn from our mistakes...it's not working.
Pompeo, Trump, others—protected by the Constitution and safe within American borders—continue to disparage Ukraine's struggle for...
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Chuck Radda
- Feb 10
- 2 min
It's official: the pandemic is a bi-partisan mess. Time to hoist the Mission Accomplished banner?
In a nation where every home comprises at least one epidemiologist, one pulmonary specialist, and one pharmacist, it was bound to happen:...
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Chuck Radda
- Jan 10
- 3 min
A modest proposal: prosecute the homegrown liars who continue to murder their fellow Americans.
I know millions awaken each morning and immediately check their Twitter feed. I am not one of them. It doesn't make me superior—it...
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Chuck Radda
- Jan 6
- 3 min
The stubbornness of good: the lie of patriotism
Today is January 6, which in the Christian tradition is the day the three wise men arrived at the Capitol to prevent Jesus from being...
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Chuck Radda
- Dec 13, 2021
- 3 min
Forget Roe v. Wade–it's a lost cause. But other rights can still be saved, if we have the will.
Because an ineffectual Congress has ceded its power to the Supreme Court, the abortion battle is over. Worse disasters lie ahead if we...
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Chuck Radda
- Dec 11, 2021
- 2 min
Michael Nesmith: a lifetime of musicianship and creativity, barely recognized and often dismissed
Not only did Elvis Presley not write his own music, but the guitar he swung provocatively during his performances, he seldom played....
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Chuck Radda
- Dec 6, 2021
- 3 min
The ripple effect of misinformation is more than an unfortunate happenstance. It's deadly.
Of the thousand or so Americans who perished last week from Covid-19, Marcus Lamb stands out, for he fought long and loud against the...
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