Back Into The Matrix
By Rick Wilson There is a moment in the 1999 film The Matrix when Joe Pantoliano’s character Cypher Reagan asks to be reinserted into the simulation that consumed almost all…
What’s So Wrong With Being Woke?
Well, off hand, I can think of plenty of things wrong with being woke? For one thing, it's arrogant; The tone of the message fights with the content of the…
Inspection- Pre-Election Polls; Two Fables
Two fables: dog eating his own tail, dragon setting fire to himself. As a kid, a teen, until maybe Bush II: the sequel, I remember there being elections where it…
A Republican Rigging Update: The Sordid History of Voter Registration in the United States
Picture: the inauguration of George Washington as the first President of the United States. Stock Montage/Getty Images As the 2022 midterm elections approach, I have become aware of another issue…
Inspection- Pumpkin Pie Days
Originally publish long before we returned home to the Adirondacks, this is one of my personal favorite editions of my column. The picture was taken a few days ago on…