November 3, 2015

Hard Workers in the Land of the Free Lunch

Satire Melissa Harris-Perry of MSNBC recently cautioned fellow commentators to be “very careful” about using the phrase “hard worker.” Many conservatives and Republicans took exception to that, saying that the statement was...

June 30, 2015

Birth of a Rainbow Nation

The Supreme Court’s decision to make same-sex marriage the law of the land was followed by The Night of the Rainbow, an event that will go down as one of the most momentous in decorating history.  Rainbows materialized everywhere in an upl...

June 28, 2015

Call me Rainbowzo: A clown comes out

When I was young, grownups told me that I could become anything I wanted to be.  In elementary school, I was known as a class clown.  Although I was raised by Caucasian parents of Irish and Scottish descent, I always wondered what it would ...

June 4, 2015

Wit Privilege and America's War on the Witless

Mark Twain once wrote, “Against the assault of laughter, nothing can stand.”    Wit is not always a laughing matter.  For example, the Sons of Liberty used their wits to pull off one of the most memorable practical jokes...