Dumb of the Week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff It’s been another Dumb week to be alive. Let’s dive into the sucking void, shall we?After months of President Donald Trump raging about “his” Reflecting Pool being damaged by “vandals,”...
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July 23 dumb of the week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff The Dumb of the Week Desk has been dormant the past few editions — not for the lack of Dumb to cover in the world. Far from it, in fact....
Dumb of the Week: Bread, circuses and Brawndo
By Ben OlsonReader Staff There are occasional times in history when an event perfectly encapsulates the time in which it occurred. The “Freedom 250” UFC fight staged on the White House lawn on June...
Dumb of the week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff It’s pretty disheartening when you notice how racist some people are. It’s even worse when you realize one of the worst is currently our president. President Donald Trump posted a...
Dumb of the week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff In today’s foray into our World of Dumb, we’re reprinting an entire letter President Donald Trump sent to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre on Jan. 18. About halfway through...
Dumb of the week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff No matter how many times I think we’ve reached the bottom of the Dumb barrel in American politics, someone like Pete Hegseth comes and says, “Hold my scrapin’ ladle.” Formerly...
Dumb of the Week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff There is way too much Dumb in the world (and closer to home) to fit into this remnant space, but that seems to be the case every week. I could...
Dumb of the Week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Some very powerful metaphors came across the Dumb Desk this week, as we near the final months of the foul Year of our Lord 2025. First, in an apparent trolling...
Dumb of the week
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Planet Earth is a memory. We now inhabit the Planet of Dumb, where up is down, two plus two is five and gas prices are perpetually at $1.98 per gallon....
Dumb of the Week: The American Dick(tator)
By Ben OlsonReader Staff Dumb springs eternal, and it feeds a well that will never run dry. Recent statements from President Donald Trump might have ended a politician’s career in years past. Now? Well,...
