Disenrollment is a Disaster
My Kossack friends know that I am not shy about begging for clicks if I really need them, and I want to report to those people who clicked on my humor column, "How Did I Miss That?", that it appears...
View ArticleI'm Gonna Be Sick
This just in from Liz Cheney:Friend -- outside groups have begun invading Wyoming. Just recently a shadowy, out-of-state Super PAC launched a dishonest smear campaign to distort my record. And the...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Beyonce' Evades the NSA; Batman Takes Austin!
It's that time again when I normally come here to beg for clicks and forewords and likes & etc. I must confess that it's become less urgent now. I've been hired to continue this. It remains my...
View ArticleMr. Snowden's Conversation
My students did not value privacy as I did, but they also did not hold stuff against people that my generation would.Privacy is either a freestanding value or it is not. The concept cannot be linked to...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Bieber Mystery; Duck Flap; Credit Cards Targetted
It's that time of week again, when I ask people to click over to How Did I Miss That? and forward and like and all that good stuff that assures this retired guy gets to continue living out his Will...
View ArticleLawsuit Abuse or March Toward Justice?
Bias out front: I'm a sports fan but not a fan of the NCAA.I consider so-called student athletes to be an exploited working class on one hand and a pampered elite not called upon for normal scholastic...
View ArticleJustice Sotomayor has a Preexisting Condition!
That is, she's female.Justice Sotomayor signed a temporary stay of the Obamacare mandate to cover birth control as applied to a community of nuns who claimed they don’t need or want birth control and...
View ArticleThoughts on the Apple Harvest
This is, once more, an op-ed that will be of more interest to American Indian Kossacks than others. Ray Sixkiller will be along tomorrow for a more general audience.I lack the HTML chops to insert the...
View ArticlePrivacy Malfunctions
Confession: I clicked though a list of over 150 "celebrity wardrobe malfunctions." It took a little over 5 minutes, to give you some idea of the degree of attention.Conclusions:Well over 100 of the...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Jennifer Lawrence Wows Jack Nicholson; Pot Wows CO
It's Friday and so he's baaack.Please go visit my Cousin Ray Sixkiller and then, if you can do so in good conscience, like and forward.Thankyouverymuch.
View ArticleLegislating Blind is Customary
This op-ed appears at Indian Country Today Media Network, but it is not Indian-centric.It is part one of a two parter about ALEC, and I think it will interest lots of Kossacks.While I'm speaking...
View ArticleIt's Still Christmas in Fallujah
It's been a couple of hours since I read in the Sunday New York Times that Al Qaeda is now in possession of Fallujah, and there's still a knot in my stomach that won't go away. The tears have eased...
View ArticleSmart ALEC's Danger to ALL
Yes, I cheated a smidge on the title. Because of the publisher, the actual title has an Indian slant, but the meat of it is human persons v. corporate persons. Most Kossacks are human persons. If...
View ArticleFallujah on Fire
I post this only because it's my practice to let Kossacks know when something goes up over on ICTMN.The reason not to do so is because it's a mash-up of three diaries I've already posted here, with...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? New Johnny Cash Album; Pot Prices Spike
Cousin Ray Sixkiller is in the house. Please visit when you get a chance and like it if you like it, forward as appropriate, etc.Oh, and don't miss the sound track. Got a great sound track this week.
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? Neil Young Rocks Tar Sands; Polar Bear Cub Rocks Cradle
My Cousin Ray Sixkiller is back for his weekly scamper though the news from an American Indian point of view.As usual, I appreciate likes from those who in fact like it and forwards to people who have...
View ArticleWelcome to the Panopticon
I still get to write op-eds. They are nowhere near as much fun, and, of course, I have no polar bears.Those Kossacks who have been following my attempts to imitate Will Rogers may be interested to...
View ArticleA Female Candidate in Texas
Let me confess out front that I knew Ann Richards before she even ran for office and I supported her in every race she ran, local and statewide.I also knew Sarah Weddington before she was elected to...
View ArticleHow Did I Miss That? The Butler, a Bieber, a Bridge, and a Babylonian Playboy
It's that time again, and I'm back with Cousin Ray Sixkiller's take on the week's news.I know I'm doomed in terms of equalling last week's web traffic because that polar bear cub in the Toronto Zoo was...
View ArticleWho Elected Neil Young?
It feels so right that I found the op-ed below had published right after opening the New York Times and learning I have to say goodbye to Pete Seeger.It's a little hard to type as I'm literally...
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