Mike Mennonno·Oct 18, 2017The Obscenity of Hate SpeechI’ve seen a few people arguing that the bizarre flyers on the Cleveland State University campus with clipart depicting a lynching, urging…
Mike Mennonno·Feb 6, 2017Of Flags, Fags, Malt Slag and GagsOne of the big questions in my news feed in the lead-up to Super Bowl LI was “Will Lady Gaga get political?”
Mike Mennonno·Dec 19, 20168 (ish) Tips For Surviving The TrumpocalypseSo, I’m pretty confident we will look back wistfully on today’s Electoral College vote as a last missed opportunity to at least delay the…
Mike Mennonno·Dec 3, 2016Empathy for the DevilAs so many narratives of the 2016 election continue to unravel in light of new data, I’m glad liberals have started to examine and reject…
Mike Mennonno·Nov 20, 2016Of Trolls and TroubadoursGQ ran a piece last night (http://www.gq.com/story/mike-pence-hamilton-devious-as-hell) about how sly and cunning it was of Trump to “send”…
Mike Mennonno·Nov 15, 2016It’s The Racism, StupidBack in 1992 when That Other Clinton won the White House, it was largely attributed to his war room mantra: “It’s the economy, stupid”…
Mike Mennonno·Oct 31, 2015Have Atheists Hijacked Humanism (And How Humanists Can to Get it Back)Recently the American Humanist Association asked for feedback on its Facebook page, which seems to focus less on humanism, per se, than on…
Mike Mennonno·Oct 9, 2015Mental Health Shouldn’t be a Secret Menu ItemIt sounds like the opening scenes of a certain wildly popular television drama: on Labor Day 2013 I found myself on a gurney in the ER of…
Mike Mennonno·Oct 8, 2015Quantum Physics: A Walk in the ParkI had a couple of interesting encounters on a picturesque (and picaresque) amble along the Charles, into The Old Cambridge Historic…
Mike Mennonno·Oct 6, 2015TBT: A Brief History of NowTwo months after turning 40 and it’s finally hit me. I think I have Post 40th Birthday Traumatic Stress Syndrome. It’s one of those things…
