By now, if you’re still following news from the Presidential campaign, you’ve come across the two-day-old trope of pouncing on Sarah Palin for differentiating “pro-America” parts of the country from other areas. Compounding it was another remark, which I’m not… Continue Reading
You know, Bobby Jindal’s use of taxpayer money to fly around his state and go to church is totally different than Sarah Palin’s use of taxpayer money to go to church. Gov. Jindal used helicopters instead of airplanes! See, it’s… Continue Reading
Perhaps the first and foremost concern I have for what the President of the United States does is what kind of people the President will appoint to the Supreme Court. That has the most impact on my day-to-day and professional… Continue Reading
Why wait for John McCain’s defeat? It’s never too early to start sucking up to those finicky Iowa caucus-goers. So reasons Louisiana Governor Bobby “The Exorcist” Jindal. Jindal is headed up to Iowa about three weeks after the general election… Continue Reading
Andrew Ladhe made millions and millions of dollars running a hedge fund, staying in the subprime real estate market until it was clear things had gone irretrievably sour. A month ago, he cashed out and is now retired in his… Continue Reading
Elbot does not pass the Turing Test. But it does represent an effort to try, and it is moderately entertaining for a short period of time. Here’s a sample of my conversation with Elbot: Elbot: I realize this is a… Continue Reading
I wrote more than a year ago that Ernie Chambers, a state legislator in Nebraska, had taken atheism advocacy too far by filing a lawsuit against God. Now that the lawsuit has been thrown out — on the exact grounds… Continue Reading
Hemant Mehta has a very interesting, and rather intimidating, bit of information from Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Christian-based, right-wing advocacy groups like Focus on the Family and the ACLJ take in more than half a billion… Continue Reading
I wouldn’t be able to add much to this brief and well-written remembrance of John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry. I still see Brown as an ambiguous figure — an idealist who saw a need to take on a great… Continue Reading
Sometimes, you need to wait until the ninth inning before you leave a ballgame. Last night when we left dinner, I glanced at the TV and saw the Rays ahead, 7-0. I thought, “This thing is over.” Turns out, not… Continue Reading