Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Let’s talk about the Bill of Rights, and while we’re at it we’re going to end up discussing some current events. This is not yet another screed on my favorite amendments, the first and second. Nor is it about the forgotten amendment #3. Do you even remember…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Let me get you a cup of coffee, and let’s chat. I was going to go political this week, gosh there SOOO many targets, from the ridiculous with Milano’s “sex strike”, to the sublime with Idaho’s accidental repeal of their ENTIRE regulatory code. In fact, I’m unable…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Finally got to see Avengers End game last week, and in the unlikely event that you read my stuff but didn’t go and see it, I promise, no spoilers. This was the movie that all future superhero movies will have to measure up against, and probably be…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. No, I haven’t been able to see “End Game” yet, life got in the way, so my review will be next week (I’m going Thursday night.) For those of you that aren’t old enough, the title of this piece is from Depeche Mode’s “People are People”. The…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Have a seat shipmate, here have a little ‘shine, in honor of the whiskey rebellion. It’s been said that one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. HORSE SHIT. Now I can’t say that we Americans invented the freedom fighter, the earliest recorded rebellion was…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. This isn’t the column I had planned to write this week. I had planned to talk about a reaction to a previous column, and how our world has lost track of what words and labels mean. There’s an old saying: Men plan, and Loki laughs. Or…
Welcome back to the Scuttlebutt. Today we’re going to discuss racism and sexism, and all those other isms… But here’s the thing, half the folks that rail against those isms are themselves guilty as fuck of the very thing they rail against. I’m going to use two prime examples that have crossed my…