Ronald Reagan Was Right
Ronald Reagan Was Right
Or to be more precise … his corporate speech writers were absolutely correct when they wrote this line for him to...
Obama’s Surge
Obama's Surge
My son had just turned three when the United States shocked, awed, and invaded Iraq. There were photographs from Iraq on the net...
Moments … Epilogue
Moments … Epilogue
I know … I know … I said the last one was The Last One … But I’ve received a bunch of...
Elegy
Elegy
The reason I called the previous “moment” A Possibly Penultimate Moment was because the next one was going to be the last one. I...
Possibly Penultimate Moment
Possibly Penultimate Moment
Among other things, recently dead William Safire wrote speeches for Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew. For the most part his politics gave...
The Indifferent Enemy
The Indifferent Enemy
Sam Peckinpah’s 1969 western, The Wild Bunch opens with William Holden leading his gang of outlaws into town to rob the railroad...
What Profoundly Retarded Means
What Profoundly Retarded Means
In 1992 I read a feature in our local Sunday paper called, “Will You Adopt This Child?” That week’s article profiled...
This Just In Conservatives Are Insane!
This Just In Conservatives Are Insane!
I once saw a street corner shouter in the University District in Seattle screaming to everyone within earshot about...
The Final Catch 22
The Final Catch 22
It's been 7 months. How long are we supposed to wait? We endured 8 years of The Bush Regime. It seems...
Liars, Damned Liars, and Republican Hacks
Liars, Damned Liars, and Republican Hacks
Michael Parenti wrote in his book Dirty Truths, "Those who suffer from conspiracy phobia are fond of saying: "Do...
