BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY DEC. 16, 2024) — THE PLANET has gratefully reached the point in 2024 where the winter solstice is upcoming. That’s our cue to begin a well-earned Christmas vacation. To vacate, to withdraw into silence and solace. To ascend the stairway to matters of […]
BY DAN VALENTI (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION DEC. 13-5, 2024) — The great city of Two-Pete Bitchfield has not one but two–yes, two (like Doublemint gum)–types of DEI policy. THE PLANET knew this going back to the spring. City side has Didn’t Earn It. This is for persons hired simply because of skin […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, THE WEEKEND EDITION DEC. 6-8, 2024) — At a recent duck-and goose soiree, someone asked THE PLANET why we weren’t covering Bitchfield politics as much these days. We put down our Macallan No. 6 single malt and pondered. It was a good question. Macallan […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY DEC. 4, 2024) — THE PLANET would have done it, too. If our son had been convicted of gun and tax crimes, and we could prevent years of prison with a mere signature, we’d sign in less than two seconds. Loving fathers do […]
BY DAN VALENTI PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY (FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, MONDAY DEC. 2, 2024) — The opportunity for pure joy doesn’t come often these days–outside of the Fortress, that is. Black Friday enthusiasm has disappeared, the pussyhats have exchanged “woke” for a funereal wake, and Peter Arlos isn’t going to be taking his seat […]
