Tick-tock.

Alabama's Cadillac doesn't have a wheel in the ditch and a wheel on the track anymore. All four tires are on asphalt, squealing and smoking as my state slams it in REVERSE and floors it. From cowardice to connivance at the University of Alabama alabamareflector.com/2025/12/08/f...

Of course it does.

Vive la modération! open.substack.com/pub/afterwor...

My candidate for first runner-up among schmucks:

These boys are handy sources of joy, although you may notice the chair covering is missing. It's in the washing machine.

I snorted.

Power of the people ✊

Make no mistake: There are good people in my home state of Alabama. There are good people all over this country. Keep the faith, yall. Fairhope Public Library receives donations to cover funding canceled by state alabamareflector.com/2025/12/02/f...

Credit where it’s due, Mr. President, the zone is thoroughly flooded, and American carnage is rising all around us. But, for all that, WE WILL NOT FORGET.

Meet two heroes of our times.

'Decent, thinking Americans recognize this garbage for what it is: an evil that precludes the hell out of imputing dignity to the other side.' Dangerous indignities open.substack.com/pub/afterwor...

Unilaterally attacking a country posing ZERO imminent threat sure didn't work out well in Iraq.

I’ve said more than once that our felonious president was a Russian asset, but always in the context of a corrupt buffoon who was being used. There's been a great deal of reporting this week that has me wondering if the SOB is flat-out owned by Putin. We betray our allies to prop up a war criminal.

There are humans for whom I'm extremely thankful, but they'd be unamused if I posted photos of them. So here's my other two boys. They, too, are a godsend in these alarmingly dark days.

Well done, Mr. Nix, and well said.

So the cash coming to all but the richest Americans from the DOGE savings and the gazillions from tariffs isn’t arriving in time for the holiday season. Pity.

With Congress cowed, history will have good things to say about judges who refuse to be.

Beagles at peace.

'It's tempting to luxuriate in a warm bath of temporary sanity.' open.substack.com/pub/afterwor...

Note for Democratic politicians: you don't have to start your condemnations of ICE raids with "We all want to catch violent criminals, but..." Just say "These raids have nothing to do with catching criminals and everything to do with terrorizing innocent minority groups."

And one of them is president of the United States. Everything about the man and his administration is criminal.

Come on, MAGA, you can do it. Wake up from the nightmare of lies.

What next? "Target stand-alone tax increases unambiguously focused on ultrarich households and corporations as the first priority of fiscal policy." Raising taxes on the ultrarich: A necessary first step to restore faith in American democracy and the public sector www.epi.org/publication/...

The truth is coming for you, you SOB.

I understand why the Felon hates PBS. He is shamed by the decency he lacks. He sees kindness as weakness. He will never be fit to shine the late Mr. Rogers' shoes.

OK, now that the Felon is on board, let's make sure it's all there.

Attorney General John Mitchell served time at the federal prison in my hometown, Montgomery, Alabama. See you soon, Pam.

If you believe your eyes and ears in the days to come, bear in mind that your felonious president considers you a bad and stupid Republican. See no evil. Hear no evil. Keep your mouth shut. But, you know, I'm thinking: Not this time. Not this time.

Once the rapist is shown the door (if not to the jail cell he deserves, then to the dustbin reserved for America's worst president), we have one hell of a restoration project confronting us.

Now this will just brighten your day.

I’ve described this administration’s cruelty as casual, gleeful and deliberate, and I’ve seen umpteen others do it better in multitudinous memes. The self-important, pompous ass in the White House is a petulant child-man. I’m sick of it. America is better than this.

Treasured gift from a treasured friend, Christmas 1981. Happy Birthday, Dr. Sagan. RIP

No scandal, no indignity rubbed in America's face, has overcome his impunity. He knows this will do it.

We need a blue tsunami to wash this garbage away. afterword.substack.com/p/high-and-r...

Believe it or not, there's a great deal about Alabama to love. And like good people everywhere, the good people here aren't giving up.

Credit where it's due: Dr. MacLean, professor of history and public policy at Duke University, sure saw these people coming.

A quick non-political observation: I don't use AI for writing. Ever. Ever ever. BUT ... when I've used ChatGPT to help with finding/dating news, people, etc., or to produce a small piece of art for my Substack, it's been great. I'm too poor to worry about bubbles. The technology is remarkable.

They know full well that the governed don't consent to this garbage, so the administration's minions are taking up residence on military bases.

An epidemic of cowardice has seeped through the Republican Party since 2016. The GOP is a national disgrace.

None of this is conservative. MAGA is as radical as it gets. open.substack.com/pub/afterwor...

Alabama wants to make sure its kids know exactly whom they're supposed to hate. www.al.com/news/2025/10...

Friday's inflation report pleased Wall St., as another interest-rate cut is likely. The part of the report that wasn't of particular interest to the rich guys probably interests you quite a bit: year-over-year increases -- BIG ones -- in the cost of food (especially meat), housing, and utilities.

Mr. President, if you're going to reverse this SNAP nonsense, do it today. Remember that cool word "groceries"?