Author Archives: RJS El Tejano

No Mexicans. No Mushrooms.

I know what you’re thinking. Not magic mushrooms. Honestly, I don’t touch anything. I am this way by nature, as God made me. No, today, I took a trip out to Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, the self-proclaimed “Mushroom Capital of the World.” And for very good reason. I went to contribute something to the sorry stateContinue reading “No Mexicans. No Mushrooms.”

And the Beat Goes On

So you know we left Texas. And we came back to Philly. After an absence of 46 years, more or less. A few impressions, fair or not. We finally took an extended trip into the city, to Port Richmond, an historically Polish neighborhood, which we reached via West Philly. We were going to Czerw’s PolishContinue reading “And the Beat Goes On”

No Plato Please, We Is Aggies

Y’all may have heard of the great rivalry between The University and A&M. No? Where you been? Somewhere with Yankee values? Where they believe in civil rights, gun control, and other noxious forms of socialism? Figures. We got to get yore mind right, as the man famously said in Cool Hand Luke. Cause some men–andContinue reading “No Plato Please, We Is Aggies”

Ad-Vanced Hypocrisy a la JD

Why belabor the obvious? JD Vance is a disgusting phenomenon, even in a collection of worthless, vile politicians. There is something vaguely nauseating about him although he is saying or doing nothing. His looks? Well, not his fault, you can say. Besides, looks can be deceiving, although his resemblace to a third-rate flunky in aContinue reading “Ad-Vanced Hypocrisy a la JD”

Late Night Reflections on Coming Home

I rarely burn the midnight oil. At the tender age of 74, there is some sense of security in turning in earlier. Silly, right? I am retired, so I don’t have to be anywhere most of the time the following day. So its not as if insomnia would prejudice the following day, and therefore requireContinue reading “Late Night Reflections on Coming Home”

Give ‘Em What They Want

This is gonna be short, as the Four Tops used to sing. Look. If the average American really wants to find out what the US was like before the New Deal, let them. If “Obamacare” is a problem, Hell, let the Republicans defund it. Let people see $4,000 a month premia. And then tell themContinue reading “Give ‘Em What They Want”

Idiocracy

Yesterday, August 27, 2025, really must be counted as one of the worst days of my life. Because the Mets swept the Phillies? Honestly, I really couldn’t care less. Baseball, like. getting to the ocean, used to be one of the things that made Summer what it was. That hasn’t been true for some timeContinue reading “Idiocracy”