Tag Archives: Politics

A few political items I’m thinking about: :: When regular surveys show that shockingly-low percentages of Americans know things like when the Civil War was fought and who the Presidents enshrined on Mount Rushmore are, why should we care about … Continue reading →

I’m not sure who it is at WNYMedia.net who felt that what they needed was some Ann Coulter, but that just about carves in stone my non-intention to join up.

From a column Ivins wrote about Camille Paglia, way back in 1991: What we have here, fellow citizens, is a crassly egocentric, raving twit. The Norman Podhoretz of our gender. That this woman is actually taken seriously as a thinker … Continue reading →

Rumsfeld-Bolton in 2008. The money quote: Rather than running away from this record, how about running on it? How about trumpeting the military success of the missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and highlighting the need for inter-agency reform to offset … Continue reading →

I don’t have anything to link yet, but as of this writing (7:00 pm, ET), MSNBC news is flashing a Breaking News headline that Molly Ivins has died. And with that, I’m going to go into a room from where … Continue reading →

Let’s hear it for Joe Biden, who declared his candidacy for President and then decided to show the world that he could stick his foot in his mouth even faster than the guy already in that office, which is really … Continue reading →

What the hell?! THE US wants the world’s scientists to develop technology to block sunlight as a last-ditch way to halt global warming. It says research into techniques such as giant mirrors in space or reflective dust pumped into the … Continue reading →

Jeff of Psychosomatic Wit reproduces this column by Reg Henry, a columnist for the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. I’ve never heard of Henry before, but on the basis of this column, I may be keeping tabs on him in the future. … Continue reading →