Category Archives: Politics

Testing in Florida: Welcome to the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss (Almost)

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Bob Shepherd

Among the many claims that Ron DeSantis made when running for Governor of Florida was that he would do away with the Common [sic] Core [sic] State [sic] Standards [sic] and their associated high-stakes testing. Both were, for good reason, … Continue reading →

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The Ancient Greeks Did Not Think like You and Me

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Bob Shepherd

So, I got involved in an online discussion of the legal doctrine of Original Intent, which is bunk, and I ended up writing this. It explains some really interesting stuff about how weird, how foreign ancient Greek thought was, far … Continue reading →

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Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions of 2024

Posted on December 19, 2023 by Bob Shepherd

Compiled by Lifestyle Reporter and Tea Culture Influencer B.O.B. Shepherd Install “Parade of Heroes” exhibition featuring Michael Flynn, Margorie Greene, Rudy Guiliani, Satan, Marduk, Gollum, Elizabeth Bathory, Ed Geen, Jabba the Hut, and Donald Trump. –Rhode Island Heritage Hall of … Continue reading →

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Road Trip

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Bob Shepherd

To the Tune of “Normandy,” from the musical Once Upon a Mattress [Dialogue to cue song:] RUDE-OAF THE BROWN-NOSED REIGN DEAR: Wow. 148 million I’ve lost this racist harassment of election workers thing big league. And I’m gonna lose the … Continue reading →

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Curiouser and Curiouser

Posted on December 9, 2023 by Bob Shepherd

Somehow we all went to sleep and woke up in a participatory theatre of the absurd production. The new speaker of the House believes that the world is 6,000 years old, that humans and dinosaurs coexisted, that Satan is a … Continue reading →

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Status Report on the Progression of the Moronovirus Trumptitus orangiata.

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Bob Shepherd

It’s hard to imagine Trump understanding Groucho Marx, much less Karl Marx, but this doesn’t prevent him from calling people Marxists just about every time he gets in front of a microphone. I would LOVE to see a reporter call … Continue reading →

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A Metempsychosis (with Emphasis on the Psychosis)

Posted on November 9, 2023 by Bob Shepherd

Metempsychosis: After the death of a person, the transmigration of his or her soul into the body of a different creature. Once upon a time there was a failed businessman named Donald who wanted BADLY to be as successful as … Continue reading →

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The Cacophony of Summer Lawns: Remembering That Joyful Noise

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Bob Shepherd

Summer now is utterly different from when I was a kid.  Here’s the difference, in one word: bugs.  I know. You are probably thinking, yuck, bugs. But, . . .  When I was a kid, if it were Midsummer and … Continue reading →

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Congress Doesn’t like Children, It Seems

Posted on September 19, 2023 by Bob Shepherd
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Republicans Debate the Serious Issues That Matter Most to the American People

Posted on August 31, 2023 by Bob Shepherd

TRUMP: They want to put your president—the most popular and loved president in history—more popular than Abraham Lincoln or Frederick Douglas or any of those presidents—in prison. But they do that—they even try that—people will not be happy, believe you … Continue reading →

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