Remember back a few decades ago when the term “homophobia” came to be? Back in 1965, a guy named George Weinberg coined the term after he observed that some people are uncomfortable with the notion of homosexuality. Other people glommed on to the word and said that people were probably
Every week or so, my wife will tell me about an article she’s read or a video she’s seen that completely boggles my mind. It’s not the topic that surprises me, because we see ridiculous things happening every day. What astounds me is that anyone could possibly believe that whatever
I realized recently that I don’t trust anyone. No matter what I hear from anybody, I always approach it with skepticism. I thought at first that it’s just because I’m getting older and cynical. While that may be true, I think the real reason I don’t trust anyone is because
Pizza Hut is laying off more than 1,200 delivery drivers in and around Los Angeles. The reason? The company will tell you it’s just a coincidence that the layoffs are coming just a few weeks before California increases the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20 an hour. But
The last time I talked about politics at work was April 29th, 1992. Since then, I’ve kept my mouth shut. How can I be sure of the date? That’s easy. It was the day the verdict was announced for the trial of the LAPD officers that beat the shit out
Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen many people announce their support for Hamas. To be fair, some of them have been announcing their support for Palestine. But, for all intents and purposes, it’s the same thing. I started wondering how anyone could support an organization whose stated purpose is
Today is International Men’s Day. Which is ironic because it’s also my son’s birthday. Why is this ironic? Because International Men’s Day is a day that, among other things, focuses on the mental health and wellbeing of men. And, because my son believes he’s a woman. Those of you who
From time to time I run across items that I want to talk about, but aren’t big enough to be made into an episode. I grab a few of these and call them “PonkaBlog Shorts”. Today, I’m going to do four shorter segments instead of one long one. Here we
One thing I’ve noticed lately is that, in general, people are horrible at their jobs. It seems that whenever I interact with anyone, I’m met with attitude, incompetence, or both. It didn’t used to be that way. As recently as a few years ago, people seemed to care about doing
A while back, I was talking with my neighbor. She always seemed like a reasonable person and fell on the Conservative side of most issues. Sometime during the conversation, I forgot what we were talking about, she stated her complete and utter hatred for Israel. I found out that her