On Anthony Weiner and Weiners in General
We ought to be insufferable prudes when it comes to political sex scandals.
Monthly Archive: September 2013
An Art Review Becomes Itself a Work of Art
Via The Dish and Vimeo comes a video montage that moves past fan-fidling and transcends into something singularly marvelous.
Friday Night Jukebox: Comparative Religion News of the Weird Edition
When the Devil is too busy, and Death’s a bit too much…
We’re Still Doomed, Continued
A government shutdown is looking less likely. Here’s why that should scare you.
Wishes Won’t Change the GOP
No, the GOP won’t change because of losing an election. They will change when moderates and independents give a damn.
Bad political ads: WTF? Edition
Here’s a pretty amazing cross-polanization of two subjects I write about; one I feel compelled to write about because seeing it makes me cringe so (the GOP further alienating the women’s vote) and the...
California Dreaming: A Look at How the Right-Wing Media and Republican Establishment are Conning Their Own Senior Citizens – Literally
The Chair of Citizens United teams up with conservative news sites to offer Republican senior citizens the right-wing version of the Nigerian prince scam.
Bloomberg on the GOP’s Obamacare Alternative: Thank You but Try Again
The GOP still can’t come up with a conservative answer to Obamacare.
The Perfect Outrage Story
A librarian in New York was fired for defending a kid who read too much and was hogging reading prizes at the library. This is probably the perfect outrage story. Conservatives can be outraged...
Have We Gone Too Far Now?
I’m doing a class with 7th and 8th graders on leadership and diversity. Today I asked them to brainstorm a list of words they thought of when they heard the phrase “Sexual Orientation”. One...
Nihil Novi Sub Sole
An unemployed California surfer buys lobster with his SNAP card — wait, where have I heard this before?
“Privilege” is a stupid, obnoxious term.
A poor choice of words has allowed a useful concept to become an epithet.
Thursday Night Bar Fight #15: It’s a trap!
Imagine the classic line, “When I left you, I was but the learner. Now I am the master.” Now imagine it being said by Charles Nelson Reilly. Or Bill Cosby. Or Shatner. You choose.
Commerce!
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