Daily Archive: December 16, 2011

I am in the men’s room of a trendy bar in Belgrade Serbia. In my ear I can hear the voice of the bartender. “Oooh Daaybid!” he is saying, his timbre conveys concern. On...

Both Idaho senators voted against the NDAA. We could chalk it up to partisanship (“They’d totally have signed on if McCain were president”) and maybe there’s something to that. It’s notable, however, that as...

I see that Elias has jumped on the study making the rounds that the net worth of America’s wealthiest family, the Walton’s, is greater than the combined net worth of the bottom 30% of...

As everyone everywhere knows by now Christopher Hitchens passed away last night, finally succumbing to the oesophageal cancer he has been battling with this past year. I have known this press release would be coming...

By this point you’ve probably already heard the most popular, latest eye-catching bit of agitprop trivia on economic inequality in America. In case you haven’t I’ll share what I think (could be wrong) was...

Joining what I hope will be a chorus of obituaries today: What’s important in life? Good Scotch, friends, laughter, and speaking your mind forcefully and gracefully. Requiescat in pace, Christopher Hitchens.

My goodness, the news on the radio this morning was grim.  Everything was Newt Gingrich this, Jerry Sandusky that, constant reminders that our economy is in the crapper, with wee reminders of how David...