The Adventures of Roberta X

     "Jawboning" is not just rustic-sounding slang for idle talk; it's a term of art.  Specifically, it's when a person in...

     I have several comments that I have not published. It's not that they're overly contentious, it's just--  Most of them are ...

     The more that comes out about the alleged killer of Charlie Kirk, the less sense it makes.  I don't trust most of what I'm seei...

     A news commentator/host at a major cable news network recently remarked live on the air that homeless people who refused official help ...

     I can't say often enough that I do not condone political violence.  I don't have to like a person or agree with or approve of t...

     With the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks falling the day after both a school shooting and the apparent assassination of ...

     If you are thinking you can’t say something “without coming off as a racist SOB,” that means it’s a deeply racist thing to say, and you...

     I continue to condemn violence against people -- even ones who ideas I despise -- who are running their mouth and otherwise engaging in...

     Yesterday was a solid day of physical work, much of it near floor level, and I'm paying the price.  I can still work with vinyl flo...

      It's Star Trek day, among other things, the day the first episode of the series aired on NBC, the first step in a long cultural ar...

     It's nice to have at least one conventional sit-down meal a week.  Any more, I mostly have salads, sandwiches or "trash night...

     That was two days of...something.  I've been dodging politics, in part because the news is so crazy (if recent events were happenin...