Stonekettle Station

  There's a man who leads a life of danger To everyone he meets he stays a stranger With every move he makes Another chance he takes Odd...

Since a bunch of you are asking in the wake of the latest outbreak of gun violence, here are the essays: The Seven Stages of Gun Violence Th...

  “Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, f...

  As previously noted, every once in a while I have to ask for money. I don’t have to do it very often these days. But, this has been an exp...

2016: "Russia if you're listening..." 2019: "I'd like you to do me a favor..." 2022: "...So now I would thi...

Colonoscopies are undignified.  That's what I said.  Yes, I said it.  If you live long enough, eventually the only words any doctor will...

  Choose to be optimistic. It feels better. – Dalai Lama Take a break I remind you this morning that as terrible as things appear to be, it...

Todd and Janelle are dicks, but I've gotta warn them. You got a quarter? -- John Connor,  Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991) I know.  I...

Proudly Ignorant.  Deliberately Stupid.  Ragin violent hate.  Open racism, white nationalists, jingoism, shallow brainless patriotism. They ...

  How the hell did we get here?  It's been a year since January 6th, 2021.  And instead of shamefacedly being a year safely away from th...