Personal/Collective

Beginning, end and beginning again

When my grandson was born I nursed the urge to begin writing to him.

Aug 28 • 

Bruce Rodgers

4

Three fingers are better than one

One doesn't get too many three-finger salutes in Florida, though there are some one-finger salutes depending upon traffic conditions.

Aug 17 • 

Bruce Rodgers

6

3

The MAGA I don't know

The guy down the street from me is a Trump supporter.

Aug 6 • 

Bruce Rodgers

7

2

June 2025

Neo*

Escape from Western culture

Jun 24 • 

Bruce Rodgers

1

2

April 2025

Succoring Metamorphosis

Memories of the war, the visions of death, loss and destruction hung with him like a wet shirt chilling his skin.

Apr 24 • 

Bruce Rodgers

4

March 2025

The Fourth Quarter is here

Some time in 1973 I finished my last college class for the day and went to the bar.

Mar 23 • 

Bruce Rodgers

6

February 2025

Becoming gun evident

A commonplace saying for anarchists is an armed populace would be difficult to subdue.

Feb 17 • 

Bruce Rodgers

2

1

January 2025

Dear Mr. Trump

I wish I would live long enough to see your downfall.

Jan 10 • 

Bruce Rodgers

6

3

November 2024

The lure of ink

A poll — as far as I know — has never been taken asking: How many of those voters with tattoos voted for Trump?

Nov 22, 2024 • 

Bruce Rodgers

September 2024

I'm sorry, I'm educated

Some opinion molders in the political realm like to think their columns have an effect on public perceptions.

Sep 3, 2024 • 

Bruce Rodgers

6

2

August 2024

Befriending Muscovies

I saw him as I walked into my house.

Aug 1, 2024 • 

Bruce Rodgers

4

4

May 2024

Same old reason — wanting to be heard

As someone who has participated in demonstrations — against the Vietnam War in the late '60s and protesting the Wolf Creek (Kansas) nuclear plant in the…

May 4, 2024 • 

Bruce Rodgers

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