Author: Tod Kelly

Hard to say which side I root for getting a comeuppance more. The NYPD for defending this action:

Since I first started lurking here, the issues of what to do with jails has been an ongoing issue. One of the few areas that people here seem to agree on by and large...

Recent posts by Erik and their subsequent commentary have gotten me thinking about the poor and needy in this country. The more I see how we approach this topic as a society, the more...

There’s a pretty great ongoing conversation going on below stemming from a comment-turned-post by Jaybird on the unintended costs of governmental regulations. As always, my thoughts on the subject of governmental regulation don’t lean...

… but my question is, how does someone this politically tone deaf ever get elected to public office in the first place?

Earlier this week I posted a hypothetical choice for people on both sides of the abortion issue. The question essentially asked the reader, given the choice between a world where this debate had potential...

I don’t know how things are in the rest of the world, but in my corner it looks to be sunny and beautiful but not hot; what’s more, we’re going into a weekend that...

I’d like to ask a question of both those that are Pro-Life and those that are Pro-Choice. To be more precise, I have a question and then one of two follow up questions. These...

(above photo: the Cincinnati Bengals doing the Ickey Shuffle. That’s right. I said the Ickey Shuffle. It was a thing.) For a while now, I’ve been trying to sort out why I think that...

I know everyone’s probably burned out on 9/11, but I’m curious to know how ya’ll would answer this: TRUE or FALSE: Though the events of 9/11 would have been historic in any era, had...

Last week following the Republican debate, Erik and many others decried the way Perry’s supporters yeehaw-ed Texas executions. This lead to a discussion by people on both sides of the aisle as to who...

I’m not entirely sure that there is anything too significant to be gleaned from this video presentation of a study on how terrorism is portrayed on primetime TV since 9/11- though I am sure...

The funny thing, in retrospect, was that I had actually chosen to listen to news radio before I’d even gotten in the car that morning – something I never, ever do.  I was just...

After the initial outcry of liberuls regarding Governor Perry’s answer to Brian Williams death row question, it was inevitable that we’d start seeing a right-wing backlash against Perry having gotten a “gotcha!” question. Can...

The other night I wrote a response to a post by Michael Lofgren’s GOP takedown that Erik brought to my attention, and when I got up the next morning the comment thread made it...

By way of Erik, I came to read Michael Lofgren’s well-written but ultimately unconvincing piece about the “Cult” of the GOP in Truthout.  And I can’t deny it was a fun read, as I...

Regarding the hubbub about George Lucas adding a “KAAAHN!”-like “Nooo!” in Return of the Jedi, I have a hard time figuring out which I find more head scratching: that George Lucas cared enough about...

Here’s a question I was asked at a dinner party recently that made me wonder how people here might answer.  The question: What is the single lesson you have learned in your life that...

Aloha, everybody! After two weeks away basking in the tropical sun a couple of islands away from where our country’s Kenyan usurper’s overlords faked his birth, I am just now doing a quick review...

I don’t know what to make of religion. I never have, really.  I am one of those rare people who have always been drawn toward the idea of a call to metaphysical belief in...