The Modern Republican, a.k.a. the Romantic Fall of American Decency

What a weird time to be alive. A person who has never once in his life held an office that was ever intended to serve the public was elected Leader of the Free World courtesy of perhaps the most selfish and emotional electorate to ever cast a vote for the Presidency.  This was aided by…

Long Lay The World

Every Christmas season I generally approach with equal portions joy, holiday spirit, stress, and disappointment.  The first two explain themselves; the latter two are more related to the gift ritual and unfortunate embedding of an allegedly snowy holiday during a time of year where snow is relatively rare. This year things mostly still smack of…

The Bears suck. Nobody cares.

You may or may not have noticed that I’ve barely written about the Bears over the last couple of months.  The ascension of Mitch Trubisky into the role of starting quarterback has featured more downs than ups, but he’s clearly got a long way to go.  The other stifling factor is that this coaching staff…