I once worked with someone who’s husband was in a management position at a local factory where there were union discussions amongst the folks working on the line. According to this co-worker of mine, there was a guy who was voluntarily spying on those organizing and reporting everything to management. He thought that…

Perhaps. I am, by no means, an expert on the subject. Having known people with dementia, I’ve always thought that Trump doesn’t quite come off the same, but, again, I’m no expert. To me he has always come across as someone who was, at best, of average intelligence in his prime and is possibly experiencing a very…

You see, I think that dementia is giving this guy too much credit. I think that it really does just boil down to the fact that he is truly and profoundly stupid. I mean, by all accounts he is more comprehensible in private and he seems to become a lot more coherent when he’s discussing a topic that he cares about…

As the son of a very active union steward, the very notion of it makes me physically ill.

I’ll agree with you that it is quite broken. That being said, I’m willing to lay a lot of blame on a general sense of political apathy. In looking at the statistics last night, the county from whence I originally hail and where Mr. Brenda teaches was among the top ten counties with the lowest voter turnout in the…

While I’d generally agree with you on the whole Republicans are mostly evil thing, I will point out that in this area things aren’t quite as cut and dry. The simple truth is that the Republican party is so thoroughly entrenched in the district that elected Mr. Brenda that people who aren’t Republicans simply don’t get…

Mr. Brenda was my high school algebra teacher. While I don’t agree with him on a lot of issues, I do think that he is, largely, a good person. I’m thoroughly convinced that he ran for office because he genuinely thinks that he can do some good for the commonwealth, and for that I respect him. Sure, he’s not the person…

Actually, strangely enough, I heard from a third party that he is open to the idea of trying to repeal the right to work bill that was shoved through as soon as the last crop of douchebags took office. Supposedly he said that he has witnessed firsthand the hardship that it has brought to some families. Take it with a…

I fall into the camp that the SVT Contour wasn’t so much a boring car as it was an unappreciated one. 200 hp in a car of that era wasn’t exactly anything to scoff at—it wasn’t that far off from the figures produced by the contemporary mustang. My first car was a Contour SE, which had a de-tuned version of the 2.5…

Not the best lie that I’VE ever told, but one I heard firsthand. I went with my dad to drop his truck off at the local Chevy dealer for some warranty service. Before we left, he wanted to take a look around the lot and see what they had. I immediately pulled him over to the gorgeous orange SS that they had parked…

This is rough news. I remember seeing Frightened Rabbit for the first time when they opened for The National a few years ago, right after Trouble Will Find Me had released. They were fantastic, and despite the fact that The National easily ranks amongst my top 5 favorite currently active bands, the first thing that my…

A piece of advice that I give everyone who is trying to learn to drive stick (or even a seasoned pro who is about to drive an unfamiliar car) is to put the car in first gear and, without touching the throttle, slowly let off the clutch pedal. This will help you get an idea of where the clutch really starts to bite, as…

The reference is to Fullmetal Alchemist. As a casual anime/manga fan it’s one that I would actually recommend to anyone who has a passing interest in the medium. It has a good mix of serious moments and comedic elements, and I had a genuinely good time watching the mystery at the heart of the story unravel. I feel…

Oh, the entire existence of Dogecoin has been marvelous. At one point they had a bunch of money laying around and didn’t really know what to do with it, so they decided to sponsor a car in a Nascar race. Seriously, google it; there are some fairly amusing gifs floating around out there. Nothing quite as intimidating…

Meh... I wouldn’t call this a red area. More like purple. This district is located in what could essentially be described as a suburb of Louisville. You get a lot of moneyed republican-leaning folks who are fleeing the higher property taxes in Louisville, but you also get plenty of normal people who are just looking…

Seriously. It took forever, but after months of scouring Craigslist I happened upon the holy grail of RAM deals. Some guy was inexplicably selling his 32gb kit of G.skill Trident Z for $150. He for some reason felt that he could totally get a higher overclock if he went with 3600mhz RAM, so he was selling off his old…

That being said, at the risk of sounding like some kind of ‘Murican, things are a bit different in the states. While I know that Canada hasn’t had the best track record, historically, of dealing with native peoples, the modern Canadian state, from my perspective, seems to do pretty well with respecting the various…

As a fellow Kentuckian (and someone who works in higher education), I pretty much agree with just about everything you said. Ever since he was elected and the house was flipped I was ready to wash my hands of this state entirely, but I’m starting to see just a slight tinge of hope shine through the cloud of this…

I think that the ending is a bit more nebulous than that. Sure, they’re setting out with the intent to murder this guy, but they do express some hesitancy about the whole thing. I interpreted it as being about the characters’ capacity for growth and healing, not that—by the end of the movie—they were completely…

As someone who hit a pothole so deep that it caused the screen on my stereo to temporarily stop working, I feel compelled to say that your neighbors are doing the lord’s work.