Gamergate Wants You!
Do you ever get the feeling that news stories are extensions of high school spats? First Sarah Palin’s family was brawling at a party, now a boyfriend-gone-bitter sparked an online flamewar unlike any...
View ArticleThe Last Campaign Ad Ever
Even before the big loss for the Democrats, we had all lost. The money pouring into politics from Super PACs and shady political “nonprofit” organizations was stealing Democracy from you and me....
View ArticleThe Screw You Strategy
Humans are a little hard to figure out sometimes, and that makes for an interesting Democracy. Congressional Republicans just finished a successful campaign that focused on not being Obama. Forget...
View ArticleSustainable Keystone XL
Who says Keystone XL isn’t a sustainable, renewable project? Just ask Tar Sands Timmy . . . and Senator (for now) Mary Landrieu. Now that “jobs” claims have been debunked and US domestic oil...
View ArticleCongressional Turkeys
It’s time to take a break from the current stream of depressing news and give thanks for turkeys you may know and love . . . or know and despise. What better place to turn for some buffoonery than the...
View ArticleWho Killed Michael Brown?
It seems that everyone but Darren Wilson is responsible for the death of Michael Brown. It’s Michael Brown’s fault, black-on-black violence is at fault, it’s a culture of disrespect and lawbreaking...
View ArticleCheney’s Torture Anthem
Even though Dick Cheney isn’t the only one responsible for the stain of torture on the United States, he’s the most, shall we say, colorful? If you think the awfulness of Bush-era torture is behind...
View ArticleCitigroup Democracy
Now that the secret backroom dealings are done and the latest budget bill passed Congress (of course, at the 11th hour), we can see the thumbprints of Wall Street once again. Actually, more than...
View ArticleDear Leader 2
Now that Sony has completely caved to cyberterrorist demands, let’s see what movie they’ve chosen to run in place of “The Interview”, which will only have limited release. Sure, Kim Jong Un is a nasty...
View ArticleThe Year in Crazy: 2014
2014 saw everything from a mooching rancher and his well-armed militia buddies fighting off the federal government to the killing of an unarmed black man sparking a nationwide conversation on race....
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