We can label our attempts to stop politically motivated violence in a variety of ways. We could use the law enforcement metaphor or we could use the social epidemic metaphor. The Bush administration, however, has consciously chosen to invoke the metaphor of "war." An article in the current edition of…
Why use a pre-made Obama sign when you can make your own? This question became obvious this weekend. My neighborhood was sponsoring an art fair along a long boulevard, "The Shaw Art Fair." (here's some of the art). Almost 150 artists showed up. One of the neighbors set up a…
What's wrong with Dick Cheney? Consider these answers by Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. These two starkly different answers to a simple question pretty well sums up what's wrong with Sarah Palin.
For those of you who haven't experienced Rolling Stone assassin Matt Taibbi's uncompromising, pointy and funny-as-heck style, first cop this excerpt from his Palin pwnage piece on 27 September ... It even crossed my mind that there was an element of weirdly self-destructive pique in McCain's decision to cave in to his party's right-wing…
In an article published by Newsweek, Sam Harris has expressed his concerns about Sarah Palin. As we've come to expect from Harris, it's a carefully-articulated piece of writing. It was also a bit of a surprise to me, because Harris appears much more concerned about Palin's lack of competence than…