In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the first US moon landing, there has been a lot of wonderful television programming — retrospectives of that time, with film footage never seen before and details previously unknown or long forgotten. Once… Read More ›
Culture
To Kaepernick & Company
(Apologies to my readers, who by now must think this is all I can write about. But I couldn’t resist this.)
Kitty karma
Some of you may remember my posts back in 2014 about a tiny kitten that almost froze to death. She was rescued, taken to the Denver Dumb Friends League shelter, named Elsa (from the movie “Frozen,” naturally), and adopted by… Read More ›
History lesson for Nike and Kaepernick
Nike, Inc. and Colin Kaepernick need a history lesson, one that most of us learned before we got out of grade school. The United States has many official flags. They are my flags, our flags. They are American flags representing… Read More ›
Because AMERICA!
Wishing everyone a safe and happy Fourth of July!
Pardon my patriotism
In recent days we’ve seen a big flap about Nike’s almost-introduction of its patriotic Betsy Ross shoes. It seems the Betsy Ross flag was offensive to Colin Kaepernick, the NFL player who was essentially black-balled after he started kneeling during… Read More ›
There’s something about this cat …
Maybe it’s just me, but when I came across this picture, I could think of only one thing. And it was human, not feline.
Because we could all use a feel-good moment
Eleven-year-old Tyler Butler-Figueroa was diagnosed with leukemia at age 4. He was bullied at school because of the hair loss caused by his treatment, and he was ostracized because of a rumor that his cancer was contagious. He got into… Read More ›