government shutdown – The View from a Drawbridge

October 20, 2025

No Kings Rally, 2025: The Lowdown from One Who Bore Witness

Perhaps a collection of protesters should be called a freedom.
April 1, 2014

Practical Experience

Politicians make decisions every day that affect people’s lives. With great power comes great responsibility. When they negatively impact the world around them, I think they should personally feel that impact as well. Maybe then they would take their choices more seriously. Governors of states that have chosen to forego the Medicaid subsidies, thus depriving…
November 8, 2013

Noblesse Oblige

Every morning I open my drawbridge for a yacht that is worth over three million dollars. It costs $15,000 every time he fills the gas tank. I could probably sell one of its teak doors for more than I earn in a week. And yet the guy never even says thank you when I get…
October 27, 2013

“I think those two are funny.”

A friend of mine has a new boyfriend. I got to meet him the other day. Nice looking young man. He had the sweetest smile I’ve ever seen. He seems to be a will-o’-the-wisp, though. He’s very artistic and quite the free spirit. I doubt he’d thrive in a committed relationship, but I don’t think…

Tag: government shutdown