Author Archives: Scott Smith
Teen Idol
On a long-ago summer Saturday, I visited a collectibles store near Wrigley Field. I was thumbing through a bin of photographs and magazine covers, and was startled by a celebrity image that was eerily familiar. I reached for my wallet … Continue reading
Weed
It’s puzzling that in a year with more than 70 major elections around the world (many in weed-legal states) that nobody endeavored to create a line of cannabis-infused choice cuts of beef, under the brand name of: “The Steaks Have … Continue reading
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What Would Strom Thurmond Do?
(I wrote this originally wrote a draft of this post in February of 2025, several weeks before Senator Cory Booker’s 25-hour floor speech). You know who would hate DEI? Former US Representative and Senator, Strom Thurmond. Thurmond was so incensed … Continue reading
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Tired
I am so tired of waiting, Aren’t you, For the world to become good And beautiful and kind? Let us take a knife And cut the world in two – And see what worms are eating At the rind. … Continue reading