This is something I wrote loosely without actually thinking if I’m really correct or not. I don’t hold myself to the obligation that I need to feel I’m right about something when I write something. I can only attest that it’s what I felt when I wrote those words down. Perhaps that lack of self-assurance is something that this world needs more of in this age of dogmatism and cancel culture. Arguing against a symbolic gesture to a disenfranchised group is one that would make you look like a complete jerk for opposing. …

Adventure Beast (Netflix)-Bradley Trevor Greive (AKA BTG) is a field zoologist who is so enthusiastic about animals, that he regularly gets mauled and nearly eaten by them on an episodic basis and does so with effective zeal. In other words, he’s a pretty zany character and the actor has an…

A distant family member said this the other day who is a very pleasant woman but defiantly conservative. Unfortunately, she and her conservative husband raised a son to also be conservative and while all three of these people are intelligent, I have trouble wrestling with their morality. I will fight…

Colleen Ballinger created a unique YouTube persona with legs in Miranda Sings. She’s also a likable personality. Sincerity works in the favor of most YouTubers as they create vlogs and tweet to authentically connect with fans and Miranda has succeeded in connecting to her fans outside of her character. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxGzTehTSPw …

Once, I was doing a canvassing temp job and my young bosses (likely influenced by woke culture) called me on and said “you shouldn’t have said that to your coworker” who was Black. What happened? We had a long car ride back from our canvassing ground which left plenty of…

There’s the old saying that a cult plus time equals religion. Our greatest religions were initially accepted as cults and there’s a very thin line between the two. I see that as the reverse. All religions are capable of cult-like, horrible behavior. I grew up and still am Jewish (a…

Patriotism is often used as a false litmus test by lazy political opponents. Conceding that still doesn’t dilute the word of it’s meaning, however. We need to look beyond the US’s partisan atmosphere to a sample size of every country on the planet (roughly 200) and see that countries have…

A couple months ago, I went to a group job interview for one of those non-profits that asks people to donate to refugees on the street. The woman in charge wanted us to introduce ourselves by saying what we were passionate about. She led with, “Hi, my name is Amanda…

From October of 2010 to the present, I have been a continually published professional freelancer. In that time, I have been blackmailed by sources who threatened to go over my head; I have had rich and/or semi-famous people screw me over by cancelling interviews at a moment’s notice; I’ve had…