Dave Simpson

“Ted Bundy Was A Republican!” proclaimed the bumper sticker on a car parked next to mine at our local Walmart. Keep Reading | 1089 words

The News from Lake Wobegon, about folks retiring from farming and moving into town, featured a story about a kindly aunt – who secretly smoked – starting a fire smoking in an outhouse. It was put out by her nephew, in a manner “men are equipped to do,” keeping her secret. Keep Reading | 1076 words

I listened closely last week and didn't hear one Democrat at their convention cite the great job their party has done running big cities like Portland. Keep Reading | 1104 words

Three old guys sitting in Adirondack chairs on a porch, staring into a crackling campfire. Keep Reading | 1061 words

And yet we're now told by The New York Times that the very foundation of our country is racist. “Systemic racism” is the new blanket slur. Keep Reading | 1115 words

It was at a sandwich shop this week that the guy behind the counter asked if I minded if my change wasn't quite exact, due to the current shortage of coins. Keep Reading | 1068 words

Nice to know that 2020 isn't nearly as rotten a year if we can just get far enough away from members of our own species. Keep Reading | 1089 words

Who cares what a pro football team's nickname is if we have to sit through millionaire players and coaches taking a knee during the national anthem to show their contempt for our country? Keep Reading | 1065 words

The late, great Chicago columnist Mike Royko had this advice when exit polling was first introduced: Always, always lie to pollsters. It's the only defense we have against people who are relentlessly distorting our election process. Keep Reading | 1135 words

A key problem, however, is that the U.S. Senate is so out of touch and rude that it calls us at dinnertime. Keep Reading | 1103 words