by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 10, 2020 | Weekly Column
For four years now we’ve listened to Donald Trump crow about his upcoming “really beautiful” health care program. Four years of hearing about a plan so brilliant it would metaphorically roll up Obamacare in a room-size rug, toss it in...
by Celia Rivenbark | Aug 3, 2020 | Weekly Column
In keeping with a tradition of offering simpleton solutions to complex problems when talking to the commoners that goes back at least as far as Nancy Reagan telling teens to “just say no” to drugs, Ivanka (“Giggles”) Trump has launched...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 27, 2020 | Weekly Column
I can’t wrap my head around this notion shared by prominent political folk on both sides that if Trump loses the election to Biden in November, he’ll simply refuse to leave the White House. Do what? While I’ll admit it’s...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 20, 2020 | Weekly Column
Hey kids! Let’s learn arithmetic with U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos! Ready? Let’s get started! Here’s the first question: If Betsy DeVos owns 10 yachts–which is a true fact by the way, and she thinks she can tell you and your...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 13, 2020 | Weekly Column
I’ve always been quick to judge. I realize this isn’t news to most of you because I frequently get email that begins: “Who are you to judge?” Which just makes me laugh out loud because, c’mon, have we met? It’s what I do....
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 6, 2020 | Weekly Column
The news that my favorite city to visit is slamming the drapes shut, killing the lights and pretending they’re not home has pinched my pride a bit. I can’t honestly blame New York, though. We Southern states have misbehaved and now we’re...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 29, 2020 | Weekly Column
For someone who avoided military service with such gusto (and so many, many bone spurs) President Trump is curiously fond of tossing about the word “warrior.” He’s not alone, of course. We live in a country where, seriously, “brand...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 26, 2020 | Weekly Column
I’ve been wondering what it feels like to be a real-life “Karen” these days. Through no fault of their own, Karens everywhere have had their name co-opted to signal a privileged white woman is on the premises. And she would very much like her...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 25, 2020 | Weekly Column
I’ve been wondering what it feels like to be a real-life “Karen” these days. Through no fault of their own, Karens everywhere have had their name co-opted to signal a privileged white woman is on the premises. And she would very much like her...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 1, 2020 | Weekly Column
Oh, dear. President Trump has tweeted his concern that pandemic precautions, put in place by our Democrat governor here in North Carolina, might force him to move the Republican National Convention from Charlotte to…. somewhere more accommodating. Say...
