A reader recently submitted this suggestion to Andrew Sullivan's site, The Daily Dish: As far as anti-war arguments go, why hasn't anyone simply stated that they're trying to protect the soldiers from President Bush, rather than the insurgents? Just saying we should end the war provides far too many opportunities…
From Alec Baldwin at Huffpo: Let's chat about how the Army exploits economically deprived minorities and offers them careers in the military. Cash, clothes, a car. (Don't hold your breath for that armor plating, though.) Some of these men have criminal records, which the Army, in order to meet recruitment…
I don't know why the Pope constantly gets such intense press coverage. I know he is the leader of a large church, but he most often speaks in platitudes, double-speak or with dark-ages insight. Here's a good example--his recent muddled pronoucement on evolution. According to the Associated Press, Pope Benedict…
Maher says it well: Say it loud: I'm elite and proud! The right-wing crusade to demonize elites has paid off. Now the country's run by incompetents who make mediocrity a job requirement and recruit from Pat Robertson's law school. New rule: Now that liberals have taken back the word liberal,…
This article in the Boston Globe comments on a recent survey of teens regarding financial matters: American teens believe, based on the career that interests them the most, that when they get older they will be earning an average annual salary of $145,500. Interestingly, boys expect to earn an average…