by Celia Rivenbark | Oct 16, 2017 | Weekly Column
Our nation’s gun laws make about as much sense as the phrase “Curvy fit skinny jeans.” I shared this sentiment with a friend from my rural hometown the other day who seemed surprised when I told him I didn’t own a gun....
by Celia Rivenbark | Oct 9, 2017 | Weekly Column
Dear North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, May I call you Ho? OK, good. I know you are a busy man so I’ll get right to the point. It has come to my attention that you are very upset with the rhetoric invoked by our current U.S. president. Listen....
by Celia Rivenbark | Oct 2, 2017 | Weekly Column
When Sean Spicer made that surprise cameo at the Emmy Awards a couple of weeks ago, making fun of himself as the angry, lying press secretary brilliantly lampooned on “Saturday Night Live,” I laughed out loud. Wow. Takes a big man to make fun of...
by Celia Rivenbark | Sep 25, 2017 | Weekly Column
The relationship was off to a fine start. She met him at a dog park in the neighborhood near her brand new apartment; he was the right age, looked preppy-cute, but not to the point of being obnoxious, and was just the right amount of attentive to his labradoodle...
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 Trump,...
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...
