Author Archives: oddmanout215

Disinfecting the disaffected

Posted on April 24, 2020 by oddmanout215

I wanted to raise a glass Wednesday to the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, but Swamp Rabbit only wanted to lament the ironies of the occasion: • The Earth Day anniversary calls for a big celebration, but it’s not happening … Continue reading →

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Trump fans don’t fear the reaper

Posted on April 17, 2020 by oddmanout215

Andy Borowitz is usually good for a laugh, even when he writes about the vindictive imbecile who’s in charge of making sure the country survives the worldwide plague: No one could have seen the coronavirus pandemic coming except for people … Continue reading →

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OK, it’s Biden, if he still has a pulse

Posted on April 11, 2020 by oddmanout215

.@BernieSanders bowed to the math in acknowledging that @JoeBiden will be the nominee. He used the time today to laud his movement. But if his goal is to defeat @realDonaldTrump, he’ll have to make a more affirmative case for Biden … Continue reading →

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Daily briefings from the beast

Posted on April 4, 2020 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit wore a surgical mask today when he went shopping at the SuperFridge. To protect himself against Covid-19, he said, but I figured he just wanted to rob the joint without being identified. He brought ketchup and fish sticks … Continue reading →

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Dylan’s JFK song is dizzy, Miss Lizzie

Posted on April 2, 2020 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit wanted to know what was the big deal about “Murder Most Foul,” the Bob Dylan song about the John F. Kennedy assassination that he wrote years ago but didn’t release until now, when the country’s mood is arguably … Continue reading →

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From out of the blue, new realities

Posted on March 23, 2020 by oddmanout215

I was reading to Swamp Rabbit from Albert Camus‘s The Plague: Everybody knows that pestilences have a way of recurring in the world; yet somehow we find it hard to believe in ones that crash down on our heads from … Continue reading →

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Is social distancing here to stay?

Posted on March 18, 2020 by oddmanout215

Photo by GETTY IMAGES I read aloud from a Washington Post story about our reluctance to maintain social distance from fellow humans during the coronavirus crisis: Hermits aside, humans are social animals, even what some call “ultra-social.” For millennia, survival … Continue reading →

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High anxiety goes viral

Posted on March 12, 2020 by oddmanout215

Swamp Rabbit was reworking his coronavirus song today. Last week it was a bossa nova, but now it’s a blues sung to the melody of “Corrina, Corrina”: Corona, Corona Gal, you’re on my mind Corona, Corona Gal, you’re on my … Continue reading →

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Big day for the ‘anybody but Bernie’ mob

Posted on March 4, 2020 by oddmanout215

The “anybody but Bernie” movement shifted into high gear Monday when two underperforming presidential hopefuls, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, quit the race and endorsed good soldier Joe Biden, the ultimate establishment Democrat. The announcements moved Swamp Rabbit to get … Continue reading →

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The Bernie dilemma spelled out

Posted on February 28, 2020 by oddmanout215

After the South Carolina debate I cautioned Swamp Rabbit against getting into a “Bernie Sanders or nobody” state of mind, because establishment Democrats are determined to sink Bernie’s candidacy and we might have to settle for a “centrist” Dem to … Continue reading →

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