I’m not saying that Danielle Jensen, the Douglas County Election Commissioner, made the wrong call when she said that Mark Martinez couldn’t run for Douglas County Sheriff. But I’m not saying it was the right call either. I wonder if her decision was a practical or political one.

If I were a lawyer, I could argue either side in court.

I used to be a registered Republican. While I rarely voted a straight party ticket, my political beliefs aligned more with the Republicans than the Democrats.

But that was when Republicans were more into fiscal responsibility and less into culture wars.

What the F*%k!!!

Those were the first words out of my mouth last Saturday when I heard that the United States had joined Israel in starting a war with Iran. 

Why would the president that brags about all the wars he’s already stopped, and all the wars he is going to stop, actually start a war of his own? Didn’t he promise us he wouldn’t do such a thing?  And why would he announce it to the world dressed so casually and in a nonchalant tone mention that Americans were going to die?  

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“Matthew.”

In the deep recesses of my consciousness, I’m aware that I’m aware. Everywhere else, I could not possibly be thicker. You know when you know you’re awake before your body does? 

“Wake up, Matthew.”