The Upside of a Downward Slide

Boy oh boy, you want to hear something funny? You see, we’ve got a regime here, folks. They’re all buttoned up, smiling for the cameras, making big decisions, and setting the course of our lives. And guess what? They’re just a bunch of clowns, and not the fun kind who do tricks and make balloon…

Utopian Masquerades

In the grand marketplace of political ideas, democracy has long positioned itself as the ultimate bastion of freedom, justice, and progress. Yet, a closer examination of its mechanisms reveals a system built on the art of deception, where politicians entice the masses with tantalizing fantasies only to leave them with the bitter taste of disappointment….

Democracy Fragility

Democracy is a porcelain doll so delicate and breakable that even a whisper of criticism sends it into a frenzy of self-defense and denial. You see, democracy is a system that can’t handle the truth. It would rather hide behind its facade than confront its flaws. Instead of addressing real issues, democracy doubles down to…

Get Fat

I listened to the lout from engineering offer his sage advice to a guy who was recently married. “My minister recently told us that newlyweds put on 5 to 10 pounds a year because of the married lifestyle.” That got me thinking. It wasn’t just stress, it was acting as though one’s life was over…