Libertarianism in Less Than Two Minutes
Sean MurphyCourtesy of David Simon, a national treasure. Post by Bill Moyers. Same as it always was. Same as it always will be: When Christians envision God they see themselves. When…
Wishing For Eternity So Dick Cheney Could Spend It In Disgrace (Revisited)
I'm not sure what it says about me, but I've gone on record declaring, at times, a fervent wish that there was a God. Because if there was a God,…
DUMB Dynasty
First off, the only dynasty involving ducks that I'm interested in discussing is the Duck BOAT Dynasty, also known as the 2013 RED SOX. Regarding the other item, shouldn't the…
Russell Brand, Revolution and The Audacity of Apathy
FIRST OFF, LET’S dispense with decorum and declare the obvious: Russell Brand is brilliant, and quite possibly a genius. In addition to his comedic and acting abilities, he is a…
Born In The U.S.A. or, Every Day Is Veterans Day (Revisited)
I. Personal Remember when Born in the U.S.A. was ubiquitous? The album and the song. Bruce was already big, but he wasn’t over the top. Born in the U.S.A. put…
Orwell, Kafka and Us or, It’s All Part of Der Process
Back in 2008 Roger Cohen wrote the following in the New York Times – the same newspaper that declined to use the word “torture” as a matter of editorial policy: Of the 770…
Stephen Fry and Mr. Show
Let me begin by saying Stephen Fry represents the type of person we all should aspire to be: kind, intelligent, compassionate. I've celebrated his eloquence on this blog in the…
The “R” Party Putting the “D” in Dysfunctional (And Coal Mines, Unions, Big Business and –of course– George Orwell)
In honor (dishonor?) of our dysfunctional government not doing what it doesn't do best, I think it's timely and appropriate to revisit a blast from the past (a blog post…
One Small Step for Man’s Mind
Check it out: there are people who actually believe that the moon landing never happened. Lots of people. Not that it didn’t happen, necessarily, but that it was an elaborate,…
David Brooks: Nothing To See Here
I find Brooks to be a shallow, self-aggrandizing bootlicker of the first order. Clueless as an Ayn Rand reader, culpable as a clergyman, and haughty as a wealthy heir. HERE he…