Category Archives: history

Oops, I got my mad kings mixed up

Posted on July 6, 2026 by oddmanout215

It was too hot to exercise, so I nodded out with NPR on the radio. When I woke, the network’s hosts and reporters were reading from a list of grievances: He has made judges dependent on his will alone, for … Continue reading →

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Green is the new orange

Posted on June 27, 2026 by oddmanout215

NYT columnist Maureen Dowd tweaked the title of an old monster movie for a recent headline: “The creature from the green lagoon.” Could there be a more apt way to describe the shiny beast who polluted the Reflecting Pool at … Continue reading →

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Court OKs sanitized slavery exhibit in Philly

Posted on June 22, 2026 by oddmanout215

Irony is a bitch. Last week, just in time for Juneteenth, an appeals court reversed a previous judge’s decision and ruled that Trump and his minions can replace the exhibit panels at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia. This means … Continue reading →

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Trump’s VP is making (up) history

Posted on June 17, 2026 by oddmanout215

Years before becoming Donald Trump’s vice president, JD Vance suggested that Trump might be “America’s Hitler.” That may have been his last truthful moment. Now he’s one of Dear Leader’s most prolific liars, and most of his lies tend to … Continue reading →

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Matching Trump’s flunkies with Hitler’s

Posted on June 11, 2026 by oddmanout215

We were discussing yes-men last week when I raised a question: How do Donald Trump’s sycophants match up with Adolph Hitler’s? I mentioned Rudolph Hess, the longtime Hitler comrade who flew solo to Scotland with the idea of persuading the … Continue reading →

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Long dead, forever young (new Kerouac notes)

Posted on June 7, 2026 by oddmanout215

My first thought was oh no, not another article about Jack Kerouac. This one is in the New Yorker and is by Joyce Johnson, who has written well on many subjects, including Kerouac, her romantic partner in the late 1950s … Continue reading →

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Trump’s ‘yes man’ at CBS News is a woman

Posted on June 1, 2026 by oddmanout215

Yes men, by definition, are denizens of government and the corporate world who bow to authority, no questions asked, in order to get ahead. Not surprisingly, as the fight for gender parity in the workplace intensifies, we’re seeing more and … Continue reading →

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‘Enshittification’ — a potential hit single?

Posted on May 22, 2026 by oddmanout215

“That’s a pretty vulgar word, Odd Man. I’ll bet they ain’t using it at the Wharton business school.” “Don’t be so sure, Swamp Rabbit. Everything’s vulgar now, including Wharton.” The word is “enshittification,” coined by the super-prolific tech writer/novelist Cory … Continue reading →

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Trump’s flunkies — ‘willfully ignorant’ or just stupid?

Posted on May 17, 2026 by oddmanout215

I was telling my neighbor Swamp Rabbit that Doug Burgum, the Secretary of the Interior, says solar farms aren’t a good alternative to gas and coal because “when the sun goes down, they produce zero electricity.” Swamp Rabbit’s bloodshot eyes … Continue reading →

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Sipping mint julips in Republican heaven

Posted on May 3, 2026 by oddmanout215

A fellow whose son was on the Camden, NJ, police force told me years ago that white officers routinely referred to Blacks as “Democrats,” a euphemism that lumped together two groups they thought of as aliens, at best. My guess … Continue reading →

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