Unommonday – The Fightin’ Whities!
Since sports mascots are on the public mind once again, I thought it might be a good time to post my all-time favorite team. Mind you, I don’t follow sports. When people talk about sports, to me it...
View ArticleWon’t Someone Please Think of the Dan Snyders?
Someone really ought to take donations for the Washington Redskins. I hear they are in desperate need of team gear that isn’t racist or demeaning to Native Americans. Mind you, I say ‘Native Americans’...
View ArticleThe Message in Itself
From the Mission District in San Francisco I’m beginning to think that left wing politics is the object of a higher grasp, so to speak, or at least that this is how it must appear to its critics. There...
View ArticleEpithets and Implicatures, and History as Damage Control
I haven’t been monitoring the controversy about the Washington football team that closely for awhile now, but the topic hasn’t entirely escaped my attention. This morning, I took a moment to scan the...
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