The Adventures of Roberta X

     There's a former friend who's annoyed at me.  You see, we didn't vote for the same person for President, and he thinks I st...

     U.S forces, by Presidential directive, are stacking up within striking distance of Iran -- and look, he can do that, shuffle the U. S. ...

     Me, I'd just as soon have my MGB fixed and get to wear a shiny hat.  The truth doesn't change anything.       But the truth ab...

      Okay, I thought the normal beams were dim.  The lead guy at the oil-change place laughed when he checked them.  His trainee looked puz...

     I have been chairing an online writing-critique group for over a year now, and while the microphone in my laptop is more than adequate ...

      Every once in awhile, Indianapolis remembers it started out as a swamp, and throws out a pea-soup fog of impressive thickness.      O...

     The replacement fan impeller for my dryer arrived Friday.  I'm not terribly superstitious, but I was tired; I waited until Saturday...

      Look, if you're going to put your political party forward as the party of moral probity and traditional virtues, admitting (or eve...

     Paperback books really got their start after World War Two as the pulp magazines were fading away -- but Uncle Sam gave them one heck o...

     The FDA has declined Moderna's request for review of their mRNA flu vaccine, stymieing a path to approval for using the vaccine in ...

     Not only does authoritarianism edit the past and abuse the present -- it wants to the steal the future, too.      It's especially ...

     It starts small.  It starts with something that doesn't matter to most people.      The Trump administration removed all mentions ...