Iāve been thinking a lot about hope lately ā that slippery, glitter-covered concept we clutch like a security blanket when the worldās on fire. Hope is the thing weāre supposed to have, supposed to spread, supposed to embody in our hashtags and holiday cards. But honestly? Hope
They donāt have plans. They have panic. What they call āpolicyā is a blunt instrument: mass raids, masked federal squads, and a scorched-earth answer to problems that never had to be reduced to human hunting. Instead of offering real solutions ā jobs, housing, mental-health care, infrastructure, a functional
Good morning! The champagne still hasnāt stopped fizzing at Mar-a-Lago, though the rest of the country canāt afford bubbles in their tap water. On Halloween night, as D.C. police and National Guardsmen tried to corral chaos at the Navy Yard, Donald Trump and his entourage
Good morning, lucky souls. If you remembered to whisper āRabbit, Rabbit, Rabbitā before your feet hit the floor today, congratulations ā the universe owes you one smooth month. If you forgot, go ahead and say it now. Iām not sure the cosmic record-keepers mind a little tardiness; theyāre
Something Wicked This Way ComesāBut Hopefully Itās Just Candy Corn Happy Halloween, friends! The pumpkins are glowing, the air smells like leaves and sugar, and the neighborhood dogs are wondering why every small human suddenly turned into a witch, a dinosaur, or a mini Spider-Man. Before anything
Julie Bolejack, MBA
A very upset parent called to complain to me - evidently, her school was teaching her child āpronouns.ā She was appalled. She asked me to do an Advice column on what she called "gender ideology.ā I did what I always do when someone calls me with a question for the
Please watch, share and keep listening to this truth teller. Julie Bolejack, MBA
It began with a lie. We were told the East Wing would be āuntouched.ā That this grand piece of American history ā the peopleās wing ā would remain preserved to build a new ballroom. Donāt worry, they said. Donāt listen to the āhysterics.ā Everythingās fine. And then, one
Friends, The only upside to living through this dark time is it pushes us to rethink and perhaps totally remake things we once thought immutable. Like the Democratic Party. In case you hadnāt noticed, the current Democratic Party is dysfunctional if not dead. Better dysfunctional than a fascist cult
Trumpās Bulldozer Politics Donald Trumpās I-donāt-give-a-fuck desecration of the White House isnāt just un-American ā itās anti-American. Democracies have committees, commissions, and preservation boards for a reason: to safeguard what belongs to all of us. Dictators, however, skip the process.
My imagination ran wild on this one! Because up is down and down is upā¦possible. Once upon a time in the United States of Trumpistan, where laws are more like suggestions and ethics are about as sturdy as a wet napkin at a hot dog stand, the Administration decided