Category Archives: Humor

Can’t even begin to say how much I hate daylight savings time. So here we go again with our annual sleep deprivation game. DST especially didn’t make sense when the kids were standing out in the snow in the dark … Continue reading →

The early rites are already on display in places like St. Louis and Indianapolis for college women and in many states for high school girls. Few rites convey the true spirit of the passage from the indoors of winter to … Continue reading →

As awards shows go, the Academy Awards are usually one of the more entertaining shows. We don’t go to shows as much as we used to, but we will most likely watch the Awards. In this world of everything being … Continue reading →

Right now if I couldn’t laugh about so much of the strange, bizarre and scary stuff going on down the block, in Des Moines and of course in Washington right now I think the pressure would build up to the … Continue reading →

What the heck? An administration spokesperson can’t use their position to hawk goods for the bosses daughter? Who knew? The White House’s chief strategist seems to be trying to push the Pope out of his job? That does not make … Continue reading →

It was almost as if Frederick Douglass reached from beyond the grave to make a fool out of our buffoon of a president. When asked about Frederick Douglass, our buffoon of a president responded: “Frederick Douglass is an example of … Continue reading →

First question for today: Are there any lessons for today in the following 1947 from the US military produced post WWII? (17.5 minutes) 1) A 140,000 gallon diesel pipeline spill occurred on farm ground in what northern Iowa county? 2) … Continue reading →

Normally I try to stay light for the Sunday morning quiz. After watching several tapes of Betsy De Vos avoiding Democratic questions at her confirmation hearing, I decided the lightness of her intellect would so fit in with a Sunday … Continue reading →

For those of us who have endured many trips around the sun, we find an interesting ironic situation that the party that built itself as the party that would stand up to the Russians now is the party whose leader … Continue reading →

Speaking of fake news, that is the brand that Fox News has been practicing for 20 years or so, isn’t it? Not sure why people are so surprised by the spread of fake news during a campaign. This has been … Continue reading →