HeyJaredHandbasket to Hell
Musings, diatribes, stream-of-consciousness, humor by Dave Molter
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Parrots of the Caribbean (opens the original)
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Great moments in presidential health advice (opens the original)
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NOTE: With COVID still lurking and winter approaching, I am reminded of a column I wrote in 2020 after President Trump said during a White House briefing that he had asked officials to look into “injection” or “bringing” disinfectants into the body as a possible cure for COVID. Here’s my list of other questionable presidential health advice through the ages.September 22,1755: Long before he is to be elected the nation’s first president, George Washington becomes violently ill after contracting d
English: another dead language (opens the original)
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I have long held the opinion that the English language is on life support. Lately, though, it appears that someone has pulled the plug on the old girl, or at least tripped over it without noticing. As proof, I offer the word “ima.”<img alt="" class="sizin
The Devil, you say! (opens the original)
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I was in Pittsburgh the night I sold my soul to the Devil.It was early October 1970, although I’m not sure of the exact date. But I am sure of the timeframe and place because Monday, Oct. 12, 1970, Columbus Day, was the day I took my draft physical for the U.S. Army.Students of American history will recognize that in 1970, America was, as folk singer Pete Seeger put it, “waist deep in the big muddy” of Vietnam. We hadn’t yet invented smart bombs or drones; it looked pretty certain that my feet w
AI, AI? No! (opens the original)
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AUTHOR’S NOTE: Today’s essay is an elongated version of one that appeared Monday in the Washington “Observer-Reporter” newspaper, where my columns run every two weeks — unless I’m too busy with other obligations or if the Muse goes on vacation. I try to limit my newspaper columns to somewhere between 550 and 650 words, which is about the norm for mos columns that run not only online but also in print. Substack has no maximum-number-of-words stricture. The first part of this piece focuses on the
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