by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 13, 2018 | Weekly Column
I’m not sure when it happened but this much is true: The Democrats are now the adults in the room. It pains me to say that because I’ve always considered liberal Democrats to be the cool kids. No more. We’ve become the pinch-faced...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 6, 2018 | Weekly Column
In the wee hours, when you have neither the energy nor desire to hide from your worst self, you can finally whisper the awful truth into the darkness: I really hate that expression “I love you to the moon and back.” Seriously. Hate. It....
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 30, 2018 | Weekly Column
Sometimes I wish I could sit down with Melania Trump over a box of KFC’s new pickle-fried chicken tenders (because they are awesome) and have a real just-us-girls conversation. Right away we’d have to talk about The Jacket. It’s been weeks...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 23, 2018 | Weekly Column
Dear Justice Ginsburg: Girl, how you doin’? Seriously. Feeling OK? Need your wee shoulders rubbed? Can someone get you a smoothie? Something with a lot of iron and chia seeds perhaps? Whoa. Whoa. WHOAAAAA. Put down that cheeseburger. Yes. I know it...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 16, 2018 | Weekly Column
In these fractured times, it’s nice to know there is one thing Americans agree on. No matter what region of this great country you live in, no matter what your political party affiliation, skin color, religion…when it comes to those neighborhood apps...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 9, 2018 | Weekly Column
As you all know by now Presidential Press Secretary Sarah Shuck-n-Jive Sanders was asked to leave the Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington, Va., last week. While others twisted and shouted about The Diss Heard ‘Round the Potomac—the restaurant’s...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 2, 2018 | Weekly Column
Donald Trump’s penchant for pardoning seems to know no bounds. In fact, Trump has said he is considering “thousands.” This is, almost certainly, hyperbole. After all, how would he have the time to carefully read the voluminous and scholarly...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 25, 2018 | Weekly Column
Kudos to the hierarchy at the Miss America Pageant for finally deciding to eliminate the swimsuit portion of the contest. The longtime defense of contestants wearing barely-there swimsuits as a demonstration of “physical fitness” was only...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 18, 2018 | Weekly Column
The Princess, now a senior in college, was explaining to me the other day that it’s very important to avoid the appearance of being “extra.” I had no idea what she meant. “Extra what?” I asked innocently. I usually use that...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 11, 2018 | Weekly Column
I’m digging the “apology tour” by the likes of Wells Fargo, Uber, Starbucks and Facebook these days. Someone’s been very naughty and, in a refreshing change of pace, they’re owning it. You can’t turn on the TV or open a...
