The Weekly Curmudgeon

Let’s all hold hands for a moment, may we? Let’s bow our heads. And now . . . let us pray. Dear Lord, as we begin this discussion on a...

Readers, if you haven't wandered over to my page entitled "The Curmudgeon Recommends," well . . . I'm personally insulted. But putting...

As this is my very last opportunity in 2018 to get good and cranky over things that people do wrong, it seemed an apt time to discuss the...

I recently came across the following piece by the great writer A. A Milne. Who knew the man best known for the Winnie the Pooh stories...

Once again, we are honored with a visit from author Debby Dodds, who has serious questions about some people's idea of having fun. TWC...

I tell you, writing this blog sometimes feels a bit like herding sheep . . . or perhaps like playing Whac-a-Mole. Just as I straighten...

Here's a link to an article I feel certain all my readers will enjoy. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-going-to-close-this-deal-usi...

This week, we're honored to have as a Guest Curmudgeon the talented and prolific playwright, lyricist, and all-around word wizard David...

This past week, I, along with much of the country, celebrated the holiday of Thanksgiving, a cherished American tradition during which we...

Among the dusty old practices with which we the enlightened have now dispensed, having recognized the folly of our past, is the idea of...

It was a busy week for the Curmudgeon, which offered inadequate time for policing people's behavior. Not wanting to leave you without...

When the Curmudgeon was in his youth (this, mind you, was in the olden days, before the invention of so many of the life-improving...

The great comedian George Carlin once observed, “Have you ever noticed that anybody driving slower than you is an idiot, and anyone going...

I often feel like Don Quixote, crusading after a nobility and honor that perhaps have quietly passed into the mists of history some time...

Have you all caught on to the latest trend in delightfully amusing pastimes? It’s a captivating online game called “baiting.” If you...

Oh, how I miss decorum. How I miss that elegant little communal agreement we once had that certain matters were meant to remain strictly...