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Monthly Archives: August 2026
Trump Canal
Donald Trump’s proposal to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America” gets the history backward and the geography sideways. Ontario was named after the lake, while “America” comes from an Italian explorer who never saw the Great Lakes. If Trump is determined to rename something in upstate New York, though, Love Canal is waiting.
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Tagged adventure, American politics, Amerigo Vespucci, Canada, Donald Trump, Geography, Great Lakes, hiking, history, Lake America, Lake Ontario, Love Canal, Political Humor, political satire, travel, Trump Administration, Trump Canal, Upstate New York, US-Canada Relations
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Dolly Would
A long layover, a Dolly Parton rabbit hole, Linda Ronstadt, Neil Young, and one uncomfortable question: how much of our happiness are we willing to hand over to politics?
Dolly had a pretty good answer Continue reading
Posted in Humor / satire, opinion, personal essay, Politics and Society, Trump Opposition
Tagged After the Gold Rush, Aging, American culture, brazil, country-music, democracy, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Happiness, life, Linda Ronstadt, music, Neil Young, personal essay, politics, travel, writing
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The Powerball Presidency
I didn’t win the Powerball, but somewhere around the twentieth virtual floor of the Empire State Building, I realized America may be running a different lottery. The prizes increasingly flow upward, the ladders below keep disappearing, and the biggest jackpot may now come with an oath of office in Washington. Continue reading
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Tagged $TRUMP, Affordable Care Act, American Dream, American politics, billionaire class, crypto, Donald Trump, economic inequality, history, income inequality, life, political commentary, political satire, politics, Powerball, SNAP, student loans, tax cuts, Trump presidency, Wealth Gap, wealth inequality, World Liberty Financial, writing
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The Ted Lasso Way
Six years ago, when everything felt broken, a fictional football coach showed up with a yellow sign that said BELIEVE.
This week, watching Washington turn grievance into theater yet again, I found myself thinking about Ted Lasso, Anthony Fauci, optimism, and one line that feels especially useful right now:
“Don’t fight back. Fight forward.”
New piece: The Ted Lasso Way Continue reading
Posted in covid, Humor / satire, opinion, personal essay, Politics and Society, Trump cuts, Trump Opposition
Tagged American politics, Anthony Fauci, covid, democracy, Hope, life, Midterm Elections, politics, Rand Paul, Ted Lasso, writing
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What We Do In The Shadows: The White House Edition
I wasn’t looking for vampires. They found me—first while I was trapped in Staten Island traffic, then in Washington, where one especially needy specimen has turned the entire country into his emotional-support animal.
A little tale about What We Do in the Shadows, Truth Social, and the exhausting experience of being governed by a man who feeds on grievance, attention and whatever joy America still has left. Continue reading
Blame it on Rio 
Willie and Joe
With Stars and Stripes once again becoming a political target, I went back to Mauldin and wondered what Joe and Willie might make of today’s Pentagon.
Turns out, eighty years later, the material is still embarrassingly fresh. Continue reading →