Running Away Screaming from the GOP
Why is the election so ugly right now? Why have McCain rallies recently seemed reminiscent of a Skrewdriver concert? I gained some insight the other night while sitting on a dirty couch eating...
Category: Themes
From Achilles to Shia LaBeouf, the kickass version of John Cusack
Socrates wrote, “Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.” If this is the case then we should want to know who is wearing the perfume and what deeds have they performed heroically. Not really a...
Financial crisis: why is it all about the middle class?
I have been following the American election keenly and what has most drawn my attention is what has not been said. Obama and McCain are clearly pandering to the middle class in their election bids,...
If an ethics probe falls In the Alaskan forest, does anyone care?
It's official. Sarah Palin was found to have abused her authority in the firing of a public official who would not fire her state trooper ex-brother-in-law, according to the probe released Friday....
The “gal” who’d be VP
The Sarah I have in mind is quite different from the “glamorous nymph” that Bob Dylan sings about as I write. She is a xenophobic paysanne with a plain accent; a powerful and until recently...
I gallantly solve the economic crisis
I’ve heard more or less the same things that you have: the sub-prime mortgage crisis has affected all sorts of markets, leading to all sorts of problems. The Dow has been plummeting. Paul Newman...
The McCain campaign: lipstick and lynch mobs
As the McCain campaign's desperate attempts to paint Barack Obama as all but a "domestic terrorist" have elicited cries of "kill him!" from the lynch mo... *cough* the adoring crowd, McCain's own...
The Second Presidential Debate: Obama Wins On Healthcare
The second presidential debate didn’t explore much new territory, with the candidates repeating talking points over and over. Yet the strongest line of the night went to Barack Obama, when the...
Sarah Palin’s gay best friend
One of the most wonderful things about humanity is that we are social beings. Interaction with each other is absolutely essential to us. In a desire to avoid isolation we spend our lives building...
Fear is a Rapist
Fear is a Rapist with papers-- Convicted sex offender-- So, keep your distance. Listen, I know-- I have a witness From the stars And evidence-- Exhibit A: My rectal scars. Fear is a Rapist--a vicious...