The Adventures of Roberta X

      Here's how ostensibly neutral journalism goes wrong -- though this example isn't journalism nearly so much as it is stenograph...

     Tulsi Gabbard is out, and what are the odds that her old job will become one more hat for Marco Rubio to wear?      I don't agree ...

      The current collection of ne'er-do-wells, failsons, solipsistic opportunists, toadies, religious extremists and other vile nutjobs...

      Apparently, crazy wins.  At least in some elections.      This post could have been called, "Why I'm no longer a Libertarian...

      I usually run radio news in the morning as I clean up the kitchen and make breakfast, and this morning, they were interviewing a U. S....

     This morning, I'm just tired of the chaos and stress.  Which is, of course, what the forces of oppression want.      Too bad, auth...

     I even managed to finish up the laundry, do some vacuuming, change my sheets and grill a couple of little steaks for dinner, with mixed...

     I chaired the critique group this morning, and that went well.  It's usually pretty draining -- the cost of being an introvert -- b...

     Indiana's Lieutenant Governor continues to express peculiar opinions -- now he's concerned "Marxist Democrats" are go...

      The next season of For All Mankind is out.  On Apple TV, it's an "alternate history" in which the Russians beat the U.S...

     Tamara and I recently watched the entire run of the CBS-carried show Person of Interest , finishing last night.  Despite ending nearly ...

     Last night, I made a kind of soup or ragout with ground turkey, mushroom, onion, carrot, celery and mushroom-chicken broth.  It was qui...