The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: cynical

  • Civilians vs. Law Enforcement

    We have a completely different worldview. And that’s scary.

  • Stop Wishing for Peace on Earth

    Whenever I’ve had the opportunity to make a wish, my stock response has been to ask for peace on earth. With world peace, I thought, everything else would have a much better chance of falling into place. If we could direct our energies elsewhere, surely we’d focus on the greater good, right? Well, it was…

  • Free-Floating Fury

    Right around the time that Trump got elected, I noticed that I was using the “angry” icon in response to a lot of my friend’s Facebook posts about what was happening. I don’t think of myself as an angry person in general, but so many outrageous things are going on in the world these days…

  • Spiritual Purging

    Apologies in advance if you’re reading this over breakfast, but have you ever felt so sick to your stomach that you just knew that the only way you were going to feel better was if you threw up and got it over with? Sometimes that toxic, acrid, roiling source of your misery just has to…

  • Why Are We Shocked?

    As more and more women come forward with rape allegations, it’s becoming increasingly impossible to maintain any warm and fuzzy feelings for Bill Cosby, America’s favorite dad. There’s nothing worse than having an icon fall from grace, but there you have it. It happens all the time. Not only are none of us perfect, but…

  • Counting Our Blessings Writ Large: A List of Human Achievement

    I’ve always felt kind of selfish when counting my blessings, because doing so always shines a big old ugly spotlight on the fact that there are countless others who do not have these blessings. But when I’m feeling cynical and bitter about the world, or finding it hard to locate even the sticky residue left…