There's a difference between not liking a symbol and not liking the cause it represents.I find the Isle of Man flag to be ugly, with its radial and rotational symmetry of freaky feet.But as for the Isle of Man itself, I really don't know much about it,

All the way back to the third grade, Miss Othmar's class, you could see how Marcie would look at Peppermint Patty, calling her Sir.Kids would talk, do horrible things.You know how kids can be.Patty may have been a tough tomboy in grade school, but when

I'm a technical writer.But every now and then, I get asked to write marketing copy.I'm not a marketing writer. I'm a technical writer.My mindset is explaining things and teaching, not selling and promoting things.The marketing people say give it a try

If The New Yorker weren't horribly biased, I'd imagine a cartoon where a reporter is poking her head into an editor's office and asking if President elect is one word, two words, or hyphenated, and you see through the glass that the editor has hung themse

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So, the US Postal Service can deliver hundreds of fliers, pamphlets, letters, campaign posters, and other junk mail from every candidate, PAC, voter's organization, and special interest, but they can't deliver my ballot on time? They claim it's because of

So, the pandemic closed all the theme parks and the movie theatres.People got laid off across the board.But mostly the hourly workers, the people who do their best to help you forget the world for a while.Waiters and waitresses, hotel staff, entertaine

When the Union needed a place to bury all those dead soldiers during the Civil War, Lincoln had them commandeer Robert E. Lee's house and estate so the enemy general could never go home.Over the years, hundreds and thousands of soldiers and politicians a

Whoever shot Ben and threw his body into the canal, we'll never know.He fell with a splash.Ben floated downstream, and when he reached the High Bank Locks, the lockmaster took out Ben's wallet, charged Ben the toll, and allowed Ben to float further down

When Freddy bought cigarettes, he showed his ID.When Freddy bought some beer, he showed his ID.When Freddy used his credit card, he showed his ID.When Freddy picked up his prescription, he showed his ID.When Freddy checked in for a flight, he showed h