Born in the USA: 30 Years Later
Sean Murphy(I first wrote this piece in November, 2009 under the title "Born in the U.S.A. or, Every Day is Veterans Day". Today marks the 30th anniversary of the date this…
Read This
Whatever your feelings and opinions regarding minimum wage in the United States, you owe it to yourself (not to mention the people struggling in minimum wage jobs) to read this…
The Intersection of Technology & Politics: A Conversation with Mike Shields
My series concerning the Intersection of Technology and _____ continued last week. (previous discussions can be found here.) It was my pleasure to introduce politics into the discussion, and my…
On April Fools’ Day: Celebrating America’s Irreplaceable Court Jester
Take this joke, please. Or this one: Funny, for sure. But cut with way more than a sliver of dead seriousness. This is what Bill Hicks brought to the…
“Better call on evolution” or, Our Cultural Koyaanisqatsi (Revisited)
Don't you remember, back in the '70s (or early '80s), learning about people banning or burning books and thinking, even as a grade schooler, that this represented an ancient, embarrassing…
Libertarianism in Less Than Two Minutes
Courtesy 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…