by Celia Rivenbark | Sep 18, 2017 | Weekly Column |
When my daughter was 8 or so, she and her best friend could amuse themselves for hours with endless variations of a game they made up to pass the time while being chauffeured to ballet, birthdays and beyond. One little girl would say something like, “I...
by Celia Rivenbark | Sep 9, 2017 | Weekly Column |
You don’t have to be a liberal to appreciate Senator Tammy Duckworth’s swift and devastating takedown of Donald Trump’s latest proposal to ban transgender troops from serving in the military. You just have to be a human being. Unlike poor...
by Celia Rivenbark | Sep 4, 2017 | Weekly Column |
Hillary Clinton’s newest book, with the shell-shocked sounding title of “What Happened,” will “drop” as they say in a week or so. So why do I feel like ducking? That’s easy. As the kids say: “Too soon.” A...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 28, 2017 | Weekly Column |
Have y’all noticed the proliferation of “emotional support animals” lately? I used quotes because I think it’s possible a few of these are just dogs playing dress up but I could be wrong. There was one in the bank today wearing a sporty...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 21, 2017 | Weekly Column |
President Donald Trump denies telling golfing companions recently the White House is a “dump,” but I’m not all that bothered if he did say it. The White House is centuries old and the past few administrations have all battled houseflies, smelly...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 14, 2017 | Weekly Column |
If you ask me, the real winners so far in the turbulent Trump administration are the ones who have been nudged out of their appointed jobs or outright fired. Why do I say that? Because, to paraphrase a little known one-time TV talk show host, “YOU get a...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 13, 2017 | Weekly Column |
This is not a humor column…just a Facebook rant… For a president who loves strong language, Donald (“Grab ’em by the pussy”) Trump’s watered-down ramblings following the domestic terrorism in Charlottesville, Va., this weekend leave much...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 7, 2017 | Weekly Column |
Hey Y’all: Please note that I’m not crazy…I do realize “The Mooch” is no more. But I write the column way earlier than y’all see it so, while it’s a bit out of date, I’m sure you agree no one expected him to last only 11 days!...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 31, 2017 | Weekly Column |
Oh, heavenly days. I had just barely removed the cold compress from my head after all the celebrating from last month’s “National Civility Day” when along comes the news that we must celebrate “Made in America Week.” Many have...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 24, 2017 | Weekly Column |
I’m writing this on National Civility Day, July 12, as proposed by a bunch of Congressmen concerned with how we need to stop talking ugly to each other and come together as a nation. Idiots. Seriously, doesn’t Congress have enough to do (collapsing...
