Tales of the Mark Side

mark.young@manateeherald.com I’d really love to believe that most people understand the old saying, “Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.” But in today’s wacky and wild world within the Ununited Banana Republic of America, it’s pretty self evident that liberals can fool other liberals over and over and over again….

mark.young@manateeherald.com As the GOP primary field grows, it’s just proof that if a politician runs for office you are either a narcissist, one in the making or have the narcissistic tendency lying dormant, ready to be awakened. We see that in our local politics a lot where the candidate comes off as a genuine everyday…

mark.young@manateeherald.com Every generation tends to write off the newest generation as substandard to their own. Boomers certainly took up that stance when it came to us Gen Xers and labeled us the “Me Generation,” simply because we rebelled against the typical patriarchal traditions. Essentially, that was just a bunch of Boomer dads who were constantly…

mark.young@manateeherald.com I know the Manatee Herald will take some heat for allowing a Diversity, Equity and Inclusive writer like myself staying on board. But I am a proud Conservative, white, heterosexual older man and I give full credit to the Manatee Herald for being bold enough to keep someone like myself around. I’m white and…

mark.young@manateeherald.com Can someone please find me a reasonable liberal? I just have not been able to do it despite having – more than I care to admit – democratic friends. These are intelligent people but finding a shred of common sense within them is like finding a pot of gold at the end of a…

mark.young@manateeherald.com There are times when I’m pretty sure that Facebook retaliates against me. Not by restricting my account because even their army of 41,000 fact checkers can never dispute the facts I present in my postings. That, by the way, is proof that every unqualified person out there who lacks intelligence and common sense can…

mark.young@manateeherald.com Every generation seems to argue that “their music” is the best, but sorry to tell you that the music of the 60s-80s is the best of all time and there will likely never be anything like it again. It was a time when music fueled – whether good or bad – cultural revolutions, called…

mark.young@manateeherald.com Ever wondered what happened to serial killers? We really haven’t seen a national media frenzy relating to a serial killer since Ted Bundy. Estimates today say the number of serial killers operating in the U.S. have gone from several hundred in the 1970s and 80s to a few dozen today. But we don’t hear…

mark.young@manateeherald.com If you’ve been following this journey for a while, you know my worst nightmare is playing out in front of me with this showdown between our great former president and our great governor. It’s like watching your two best friends fight. It’s hard to root for either one and you just hope that neither…