Category: Essays

  • John Cusack

    The video that’s been going around of John Cusack talking political issues is so disappointing. I thought he would be smarter, or at least more informed. I don’t know why I thought that. Actors are just people that are talented at playing pretend. Nothing more. He repeated the same old tired lines: Elon Musk is…

  • A Judge Thinks Himself the Equal of the President. I Disagree

    Three co-equal branches of government, yes. That does not mean that any judge in the country can just give an order that the president has to follow. The country couldn’t operate like that. The most obvious problem with that is that one judge could, say, order a military flight, approved by the president, carrying criminal…

  • Should Biden’s Pardons be Vacated?

    Trump recently announced that the pardons Biden signed near the end of his term were voided because they were signed with autopen. I don’t know that single fact, by itself, would be enough to vacate pardons.  It would certainly merit investigation, considering it’s possible that someone else was using Biden’s auto signature. However, this fact…

  • Peel my Banana and Let’s Fertilize

    For a couple of years now, I’ve been saving the shells from any eggs I cook. I accumulate them in a jug. On occasion, I use a glass bottle to smash and grind them into smaller pieces. Sometimes, getting awfully close to small-pebble size. I mix the shells and egg residue into potting soil. From…