The Mad Writer Posts

I’m writing this on the day after 9/11 so get ready for a bucket of cold water. Yes, we were united as a country. Yes,…

Several months ago I learned a new way to talk about public education. Yesterday I heard it come out of Trump’s mouth. Forget “public schools.” Now…

Female candidate refuses to make dinner and smile. by

To create a country of morons, distract them with fake news and fake outrage. by

Lillian Vernon trained us well. My mother pored over Lillian’s mail-order catalogs, staring at every product, carefully reading and rereading the descriptions. There were other…