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It’s a scary time for conservatives

We had President Trump for four years.
I already feel like we’ve had President Biden for eight.
There were many reasons for not liking Trump or the way he did things.

Valentine dilemma: ‘Baby,’ you’re not the greatest!

Although the bar has been set remarkably low during some epochs (“Dearest, you’ve survived to produce seven more viable male heirs than my second wife”), society has always expected couples to use terms of endearment to grease the wheels of their

Pigeons covered the cold sky

January 1940 was the coldest month of record in south Louisiana, but there were some pretty chilly precedents.

With President Joe, It’s divided we stand

Everyone agreed the inauguration ceremony was nice.
Lady Gaga was Lady Gaga. Garth Brooks was Garth Brooks.
Everyone also agreed President Joe Biden’s speech was nice.

Reality trims seed catalogue dreams

One hot day summer day some years ago I was pulling weeds along a row of tomato plants, when the realization came to me that I was crawling down garden rows to cultivate vegetables that we would mostly give to friends and neighbors who also grew m

Path to despotism seen in online censorship

People often try and sound profound by quoting Santayana’s apocryphal statement, “Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it.”