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Bend me, shape me 29 Oct 2012 | 06:47 pm
Sure, something like this could be created for any candidate who has gone through a contested primary race, but the underlying theme of shape-shifting is undeniable. I don't think any of us know what...
It's a black fly in your chardonnay 12 Oct 2012 | 11:52 pm
A rush of concern for manners and decorum from people who were apparently fine with Mitt Romney's lies and rudeness to the moderator in the first Presidential debate. I don't know, irony doesn't seem...
For the thoughtful 18 Sep 2012 | 06:24 am
I paraphrase Mark Twain. It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are an asshole than to open it and remove all doubt. If you want to join Mitt in griping about all those laya...
Somewhere in these demographics 4 Sep 2012 | 08:00 pm
You'll find me.
Put away your money, it means nothing here 11 Aug 2012 | 05:49 pm
As if I needed more reasons to support campaign finance reform, by which I mean publicly-funded elections in the United States. No private money. No lobbyists bearing gifts. Because we know those gift...
Proof seeking 20 Jul 2012 | 01:33 am
Question: When and where has Republican ideology worked to benefit the majority of a population? The Republican ideology of low taxation, minimal regulation, small government, privatization. What I m...
Old pleasures revisited 22 Jun 2012 | 10:20 pm
Well, that inhabitant of the White House has gone and done it now. He's committed act number 37 on the list of One Hundred Ways to Be More Like George W. Bush. I'm grappling here for something. Anyth...
That's what she said 20 Jun 2012 | 04:54 am
After the Michigan Pee Pee Wee Wee fiasco, I feel it necessary to say something about the absurd level to which our politics have sunk. Which made me want very much to write intelligently about the Re...
Simple idea 19 May 2012 | 05:29 am
Can we all agree that it's ridiculous to stand open-mouthed and aghast when a politician does something for political reasons? It's an argument that has run its course. Now, of course, if you're a p...
And now a word from our sponsors 23 Apr 2012 | 12:17 pm
The setting: Four smart people sitting at a shiny table on a TV set. At least two of them are wearing glasses. They are discussing poverty in the United States. Many things are said. Near the end of ...
