John WorthingtoninILLUMINATION-CuratedHave We Become a Nation of Pig Beauty Apologists?Not that it’s any of my business particularly, but I have a couple of thoughts about “woke” that I’d like to run by you for your esteemed…·8 min read·21 hours ago----
John WorthingtoninILLUMINATION-CuratedCan the Contender Replace the Pillow Guy on Late Night?You kind of expect some tall tales during an election year. But this year, the tales sure do seem to be taller than ever. The Republicans…·6 min read·6 days ago----
John WorthingtoninILLUMINATION-CuratedMaking America’s Flowers Great Again, but Please Excuse the SmellCan anyone explain why we humans will deny reality to the point of self-destruction? We do it, but why we do it is a mystery. I suppose we…·6 min read·6 days ago----
John WorthingtoninILLUMINATION-CuratedRepublicans! Here’s a Hint, Eve Had a Point of View TooRepublicans just don’t know if they should shit or go blind. They’ve fought for years to establish the idea that abortion is wrong. The…·6 min read·May 12, 2024----
John WorthingtoninILLUMINATION-CuratedLong Pants and Big Cannons: Is MagaMike Growing Up?Well, I’ll be damned. Turns out MagaMike Johnson had several pairs of long pants in the back of his closet. Most surprising of all is that…·6 min read·May 8, 2024----
John WorthingtonThe Forsyth Salome Wants the Speaker’s Head: Will His Special App Allow It?Oh, Lord! The talking heads are gathering as though in preparation for some variety of weird mating habit to explain why Don Poorelone is…·7 min read·May 6, 2024----
John WorthingtoninILLUMINATION-CuratedThe Election Joe Stole Has Been Recovered From a Garage in DelawareLate night writers all across the land are again basking in an over abundance of prime comedic material. Congress is back in session…·7 min read·Apr 28, 2024----
John WorthingtoninILLUMINATION-CuratedThe Kerfuffle over the Right Wing’s Insistence on Conjuring Alternate RealitiesApparently, I do not have the ability to claim alternate realities as real. I don’t know how this happened, but I’m stuck watching this…·7 min read·Apr 25, 2024--2--2
John WorthingtoninILLUMINATION-CuratedSilly Socialites and the Contrarians Small Town Tour 2024: Wrapped in a Flag and Carrying a CrossI don’t know that I’ve mentioned this, but I grew up in a small town. Small towns are “interesting,” and that would be something good you…·6 min read·Apr 23, 2024----
John WorthingtoninILLUMINATION-CuratedHas the Kool-Aid Affected the Entire GOP?The other day I heard some snippets of an interview that Ari Melber did with Karl Rove¹ and Reince Priebus. It was instructive. Karl had…·6 min read·Apr 21, 2024----