The images on my TV from the siege of the American Capital building on January 6th, 2021 are ones that I thought I would only see in some dystopian version of the world from a novel. I’m sure that some of the people in that crowd were simply carried away in the moment and really… Continue reading America, the Broken
Author: Jim Richardson
A cranky moderate gay democrat making his way through his sixth decade on earth.
The Emperor is Unclothed
Most people I know have spent the last year or so, isolated from many friends and most family, and watching in horror as the United States of America slowly melts into brown colored pile of sludge beneath one of Donald Trump’s feet. Four years ago, many of us were shouting warnings at the top of… Continue reading The Emperor is Unclothed
Living In The Ghetto
Since 2012, I’ve lived part-time, and since 2016, full time near the center of all gay life in South Florida. Wilton Manors, according to several sources that are a few years old, ranks 2nd in the nation for the number of gay couples per 1,000 residents. Overall, the Fort Lauderdale area ranks 4th in the… Continue reading Living In The Ghetto
Trumps Not All Bad
Some who know me would be surprised to learn that despite the fact that I think Donald J. Trump is an asswipe, I’m not displeased with everything he has accomplished. He is a terrible person, who I would not welcome in my home under any circumstance, but over the last three years of his presidency,… Continue reading Trumps Not All Bad