1. The Biden administration seems to be in favor of letting transgender athletes who were born as boys but now claim that they are girls to compete in female sporting activities. That simply isn’t right. [Read more...]
Rich Gurka – Winter is “Dibs” Time
I have mentioned in past writings that from 1956 until 1985, I lived in Chicago. [Read more...]
Opinion: “Covid Thoughts” by Rich Gurka
1. I have friends for whom I feel so sorry. They’re in their 70s and in excellent health. They live every day in fear of Covid-19. They call in their grocery order, wear masks while driving to the store for pickup, return home, then spray disinfectant on their purchases and let them sit in their garage for a while. They are scared to go outside. The boogeyman awaits. Sadly, there are millions of folks who live like that. [Read more...]
Rich Gurka: 2021 is 1938
By Rich Gurka
Opinions are like a certain body part; everybody has one. Here’s mine.
Many folks have been comparing the unfortunate, idiotic, criminal un-American event by a tiny group of numbskulls at the Capitol building to events which took place in Europe during the 1930s. [Read more...]
Rich Gurka: George Orwell Would Be Proud
This is a column Rich wrote in 2019. We are republishing it in light of current events.
By now, most of you have probably heard that the Chinese government and Google have teamed up to develop a “social credit system” for the individual Chinese citizen. This Social Credit System is expected to be fully operational by 2020. If you do or say anything that the Chinese communist government thinks is unsuitable, you will be assigned “negative” points.