The beginning of my political career was as inauspicious as it was suspect. It was the summer of 2004. I was seventeen, I was strapped for cash and I had yet to learn that any job listing posted in the… Read More ›
Republicans
Sequester This
In The Road to Wigan Pier, George Orwell said that while he wasn’t a manual laborer of any sort, he figured he could pass for a poor gardener or a “tenth-rate farm hand” if he had to. But, while he… Read More ›
19th Century Labor Day Blues
Labor day is about as much a celebration of the American worker as Thanksgiving is a tribute to Native Americans. I’m sure American Indians rejoice in the irony of a nation celebrating their Wampanoag forefathers’ benevolence by gorging our honky… Read More ›
When The Legend Becomes Fact: RNC Edition
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue! – Barry Goldwater, 1964 Republican National Convention Last night I… Read More ›
Muzzling The Ron Paul Revolutionaries…For Now
If you want to know why Ron Paul supporters are the way they are, all you need to do is head down to a day game at Wrigley Field. While the vast majority of fans will be perfectly happy to… Read More ›
Land of 10,000 Lakes & Deranged Politicians
Like CNN & Fox News covering a landmark healthcare ruling, I may have jumped the gun on a political verdict I put down earlier this week. In my article on Pleasantville extra and mutant Reaganite Paul Ryan’s bid for the… Read More ›
Southern Discomforts
by Drew Gibson My interest piqued this morning when I saw a link to a BBC News Magazine article on the current fiscal crisis in Europe with the sub-header: “Lessons from US history for the crisis-hit eurozone.” I assumed the… Read More ›
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