July 2024

A Holiday Proposal: Festivus in July!

When, in the course of human events, it becomes obvious to all that the current American political system bears little if any resemblance to the values put forward in the 13 colonies’ July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence, it’s time to consider doing away with “Independence Day” as a positive commemoration.But not, I hold, worthy of cancellation as a holiday altogether.The Declaration still has some pretty good bones to base a holiday on, and who doesn’t love a day off work for grilling out and playing with explosives?Instead of celebrating the Big Lie that we live under a government which exists to “secure” our rights to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” we’d do well to instead turn our attention to a Festivus-style “airing of the grievances.”The Declaration is chock-full of such grievances.

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Plains Folk: The ‘Universal Drink

My family has subscribed to the New Yorker magazine for several years, and one thing that comes with the paper subscription is a plethora of items online, one of which recently was a lengthy article about Coca Cola titled “The Universal Drink.” The piece caught my eye amd was filled with interesting bits of information.For instance, more Coke than motor oil is sold at service stations, which sounds strange but makes sense.

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