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Sunday, May 20th, 2007I, for one, wouldn’t mourn the passing of radical Christian fundamentalism’s inordinate influence on American politics, but, unlike Frank Rich, I don’t see it really going anywhere for a while.
As Rich himself points out, Giuliani seems to be the only Republican presidential candidate who’s caught onto this alledged new wave of secular (or at least […]
Today in the Republican Presidential Primary
Friday, May 18th, 2007Amanda Marcotte noticed an oddity about Sam Brownback during the most recent Republican debate, but I don’t think she understands the full implications. Shocking revelations below the fold.
Sam Brownback is pregnant. He all but comes out and says it. The big question now is, who’s the father? I’m betting a Democratic presidential candidate - probably […]
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007
You know, most American political figures get some sort of grace period directly after their deaths before the opposition starts pointing out everything they did wrong. Not so much for Falwell, I guess.
Okay, so no sugarcoating. His death gives me no pleasure, but that doesn’t change the fact that he was an absolutely despicable human […]
Cassady and Kerouac
Monday, May 14th, 2007Maybe it’s just me, but it’s always seemed sort of odd that Jack Kerouac would base so much of his writing style off of letters written by a friend of his who’s known more for his appearance in other Beat literature than his own creative output.
And then I was reading this collection of various Beat […]
Free Spirit Article
Monday, May 14th, 2007Well, here it is, finally. First paragraph in italics, the rest of it below the fold. And yes, I have a fold now.
By the way, you’ll see some wonderful captioned photos accompanying this article. Those aren’t mine. I took some photos, but they were all pretty terrible - these photos are all courtesy of my […]
Sunday, May 13th, 2007
Teaching history backwards sounds great on paper, but I’m not sure how it would actually work. The problem is that while going in chronological order is messy, trying to work backwards by examining history sequentially is even messier. Things don’t progress in a clean sequence - for example, 9/11 has something to do with American […]
The Audacity of Hope
Saturday, May 12th, 2007Well of course Obama isn’t serious about global warming. What he’s really serious about is propping up the coal industry. And it’s not a real mystery why.
Illinois has a 250-year supply of coal. Illinois has the largest reported bituminous coal resource of any state in the United States.
Coal has socioeconomic importance to Illinois. The Illinois […]
Thursday, May 10th, 2007
Every once in a while I’ll find something nice to say about a presidential candidate. Regarding last post and Romney’s bad case of buzzword Tourette’s, I thought I would show what a pretty decent campaign ad looks like.
I like the ads, and I’m starting to warm up to Richardson. These ads remind me a little […]
I’m Mitt Romney and I approve these buzzwords
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007Could anyone possibly try to form a coherent policy position or statement out of this?
It’s like a parody of the meaningless campaign psychobabble we’ve come to expect from campaigns, and it’s why I’m worried that 2008 will go much further into non-issue territory.
Seriously, there are platitudes and then there’s just scary. The vague fuzzy allusions […]
More Musical Curmudgeonry
Wednesday, May 9th, 2007I know I’m not the first person to comment about how far punk has fallen, but this got me thinking about it again.
Seriously, how did punk go from The Clash all the way down to this? Stuff like Avril Lavigne, Green Day, etc. always has and always will be watered-down corporate manufactured pop music […]
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