What to expect on a day like today
Author: Josh
“Eat your cereal with a fork and do your homework in the dark”
-HHH
Person, father, man, laptop, TV. I once was left on the side of the road for lighting my friend’s car roof on fire. I was also left at a Pizza Hut when I was four. I cried when Optimus Prime died. I love baseball and Cleveland. I write, I dream, I argue and discuss. I love engaging with those who have different views as my own. It helps me fine tune my beliefs. This website will be hypocritical at times, inspiring at times, awful at times.
I Can’t Keep Quiet
Tomorrow is election day. And I’m tired. Deeply tired. Tired of arguing, tired of fighting. Tired of screaming about things I shouldn’t have to scream about. I just want to lie down. For a moment, for any amount of time just to catch my breath.
A Cult of Personality
Cult of Personality is defined when the country’s regime uses mass media, propaganda, lies, patriotism and demonstrations to create a vision of their leader as heroic and to be worshipped. We see it all the time in nations that we would normally denounce.
The Unbearable Lightness of Staring at My Living Room Wal
“What the hell is that?” E yelled to nobody in particular. “What the hell is that?” she repeated and threw an empty coffee mug against the living room wall. The ceramic pieces exploded on impact and danced through the annoying light of the LED lit room. E loved that mug and would realize that fact in a moment, whereupon another,…
The Dragon Lingers On
Father, are you ok?” the little boy asked as they stood at the top of a great hill overlooking the town far below. The father looked down at his son and forced a smile. “Of course I am, son,” he lied. “You don’t look ok,” his daughter blurted out as she spun cartwheels in the cool grass. “Really?” the father…
Iceberg, Right Ahead!
I feel like we are all Jack and Rose on the stern of the Titanic as it is about to sink into the sea. We cling to the rail as tight as we can and watch the carnage below. We catch the eye of another scared passenger and wonder how we got here. Just a short while earlier we thought…
The Immediacy of the Moment
You stand for what you believe in, regardless if you will succeed. You stand for those who can’t. You stand for those who stood before you and are gone, tired, or need your help. You stand against the odds for what is right. Even if you are scared. Even if you are outnumbered. You stand. You stand as you march,…
The Monster at the End of This Country
I wish we lived in a country where a Donald Trump presidency would never be possible. Not because of anything sinister or illegal or because we changed the rules to block him but because the people of the United States understood that Donald Trump represents everything wrong with our country and chose to not vote for him. I wish we…
Electoral College Dropout
Let’s talk about this, shall we? Hear me out. Don’t eyeroll at me! Yes, the electoral college is discussed, at length, every four years. But you know what? Nothing is ever done about it. So, the main argument I keep hearing for keeping this ancient form of choosing a President is so that big cities and coastal states don’t decide…
Vote Hard
Pump Up the Volume has always been one of my favorite movies. The story of a lonely, scared teenager who finds a way to vent his frustrations about the world around him through a pirated radio station. And what starts off as a way for him to deal with his own issues, begins to inspire and help others who were…
An Interview With Representative Erin Zwiener
With only a few days until early voting begins in Texas, I sit down with Representative Erin Zwiener of Texas District 45. We discuss her first campaign as an incumbent and what she is fighting for in District 45.
National Coming Out Day
The moment my son was born I froze. I was in shock. My first child and I couldn’t move. The doctors around me chuckled as I am sure they had seen this many times before. A father unable to comprehend the emotions crashing into him. I saw my son and my life changed. My code was rewritten. In an instant…
Angry America
To be blunt, I am tired of hearing how Black Lives Matter and Antifa are terrorist organizations trying to destroy America. If you tell me that then I instantly know you have no clue what you are talking about. And no, for those already getting triggered by this, I am not saying anyone who criticizes Black Lives Matter is wrong.…
The President Who Cried Wolf
Let’s face it, the President of the United States lies. A lot. It is how he operates. It is his biggest and best strategy. Lie about everything at all times. How many of you thought he was lying about having Covid-19? Or if he did have it, he was lying about how bad. Or what treatment he was taking. Or…