Tag Archives: dave ashal

Joe Six-Pack, the Man Who Was Not There

By Feature Writer | Published: October 20, 2008
I have spent the past weeks trying to find Joe Six-Pack, AKA Joe Average, AKA the real American, a political heavyweight with more aliases than the average Wu Tang Clan member.
Posted in humor, north america, politics | Tagged | 3 Comments

Running Away Screaming from the GOP

By Feature Writer | Published: October 15, 2008
If Cheney says the sky is purple on Wednesday and green on Thursday, legions of talk-radio listeners will be happy to parrot their favorite propagandists to explain that he was somehow right on both days.
Posted in election 08, north america, politics | Also tagged , | 1 Comment

America’s prison problem: if iron bars were cellophane

By Feature Writer | Published: March 3, 2008
If you suggest that maybe, just maybe, building more prisons is dealing with the wrong end of the supply/demand problem, it sounds to people as if you just suggested that they should let someone slit their throats and go sell their TV for crack.
Posted in Society, human rights, north america, politics | Also tagged , , | 5 Comments

Disliking the Demi-God: the Dalai Lama and the cult of personality

By Feature Writer | Published: February 17, 2008
I think the Dalai Lama is an alright guy. I don't think he's the re-incarnation of a demi-god though, and I don't think he's an infallible sage or "the premiere moral presence of our time."
Posted in Religion, east asia, human rights, politics | Also tagged , , | 6 Comments