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Proud to Be Politically Correct

Political correctness has been linked to weakness and unAmericanism. This is stupid.

I Wish I Was a Poet

I wish I was a poet because only poetry remains to convey the depth of my fear. All the prose has been used up. Trite from exposure. If I...

I Never Threw Up on the Bus (A Memoir)

When I was six-years-old I rode a bus to school. It was a big, creaky, yellow bus, ancient even in 1957. It was always damp and smelled...

Two Things I Learned

I learned two things when Trump became president. First, my government will not protect me. Should a president reveal him- or herself to...

Chump Change (A Memoir)

Summer, 1980

My Slaves

Buckingham County, in central Virginia, is known for nothing more than its picturesque countryside: rolling hills, green pastures cleared fr

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