August 14, 2026
Opinion
I count off for spelling
More than a few times over the years, I’ve filled this space with “Facebook Fails” or “Autocorrect Accidents,” a collection of unfortunate misspellings. These word mishaps are caused by technology, confusion, a lack of spelling smarts, or all of the above. I have earned a reputation in my workplace as a stickler when it comes to spelling.
Mental Health Matters
When you hear the term “mental health”, what are some words that come to mind? We often hear more negative terms associated with mental health than positive, but in reality, “mental health” is a neutral term. Mental health applies to everyone, not just those who are mentally ill. Just like we do what we need to take care of our body to be sure that our physical health needs are met, we also must take care of our brain to stay emotionally, socially, and psychologically healthy.
Has ‘dateflation’ struck your family?
Ireally dodged a (metaphorical) bullet during college.
We took the shot, Fauci takes the Fifth
It has been a big week for Kentucky politicians. Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is on watch. Out of his hospital room this weekend came his doctor, then his priest, and then a taxidermist. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the poster boy for shameful government arrogance and incompetence, got subpoenaed to appear Wednesday before the Senate committee of Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY). Dr. Rand Paul and Rep. Thomas Massie (RKY), along with all my columns over the years, have been onto the fraud that is Anthony Fauci from the jump.
That takes the cake
Let’s explore the origin of some common sayings. After writing several columns about sayings like, “Sight for Sore Eyes” and “Don’t Fly Off the Handle,” many of you suggested some others. Did your parents ever say, “Well, That Takes the Cake!” Remember the cake walks of your childhood? In the 19th century, community dance contests awarded an actual cake to the winners, cementing “take the cake” as the result of achieving first place honors. Of course, if you were a superb dancer, winning the competition was a piece of cake, right? And winning the cakewalk while leisurely strolling proved how easy it was. That’s why a political candidate who gets 80 percent of the vote is said to have won “in a cakewalk.”
Are you a wet blanket?
Wet blanket. Spoilsport. Fuddyduddy. Fraidy-cat. Party pooper. Slowpoke. Penny-pincher. Buzzkill. Bob from Accounting. At some point in your life, you’ve doubtless been on either the giving end or receiving end of such disparaging terms.
It Can Be Done
The American version of fascism has always been around which covertly allowed minorities to control the majority. That was done with slavery, but the outrage grew and prevailed and the South lost the war. Then it converted itself in society allowing a race to rule with Jim Crow laws, and economically by allowing robber-barons of the gilded age free market reign. The gilded age implosion (The Great Depression) and the legislative stifling of Jim Crow prejudices heralded better equality. But, the cycle of attempted domination and control by hatred and greed has risen again in the form of Draco-II, the oligarchs of military might and technology and money, the sycophants who grab the coattails those in power, the racists who never openly agreed to equality, and the rest of us who put all of them in power: they appealed to our lesser nature and won.