We save democracy by practicing democracy NOTE from Sterling – A friend of mine from teaching days at the big U asked if he could be a part of OldMen since he now Continue Reading →
I go visit friends, I fall down in the night and Trump is crazy
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When I started this group I never thought it would be so hard. I thought I’d write a little, the other old farts would pitch in and that would be Continue Reading →
Poor Walter. He crossed the white-wine drinking thin-skinned purists in the Democrat party on data centers. He shoulda knowed better…toe the party line or else!!
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Walter Campbell, former prosecutor, judge and now “visiting judge,” came into the backroom at Bert’s with a purple haze of language about his person. He took off his coat, through Continue Reading →
Abolish ICE? Democrats need to rethink that message and where they stand on immigration. It’s time for adult leadership, not theatrics.
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By the time we old geezers walked out of Bert’s Diner Wednesday morning took a consensus to our cars and trucks. Too many Democrats are still intent on making points Continue Reading →
Who is afraid today? Who isn’t? We are sharing fear
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Who in America, as we move from winter to Spring, is afraid? A better, more exacting question might be: Who in the third rock from the sun is not afraid? Continue Reading →
It’s time for Dems to end shutdown on behalf of Federal employees and average Americans, and become the adults in the room
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OK. About to piss a few people off. But it’s time to see who the adults in the room are going to be. It’s time for Democrats to drop their Continue Reading →
No good news this morning for a farming county, thanks to a madman and war…
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It had been a few days since the Mumblers had gathered in the back room at Bert’s Diner. A couple of us had been sick – winter flu and colds Continue Reading →
The Mumblers come to consensus. Trump is crazy and corrupt, there was no reason to bomb Iran and there is no end game. And then, there are the Epstein files
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It was one of those Midwest mornings where a hint of Spring either gives you optimism about better days to come, or it’s just setting you up for another arctic Continue Reading →
Waking with a headache and wondering if I really did watch the State of the Union, or was it just a whiskey-fueled bad dream?
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I woke up this morning. I think. Somewhere in the dim recesses of my brain, which was throbbing a bit, I recall sitting down with a bottle of whiskey and Continue Reading →
The Supreme Court smacked Trump over tariffs and we were ready to celebrate until Dean spoke his piece
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It was another cold evening Friday but at least the daylight was lingering a little longer and we didn’t have to move from Jack’s parking lot into the pub in Continue Reading →