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Category Archives: American Life

The Nation Mourns

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Today, we mourn collectively, North and South, rich and poor, black and white, Democrat and Republican, religionists and atheists. Is there a person living who can recall an event since the Kennedy assassination that has brought the nation so together? Hostess, the maker of the iconic Twinkie, has been Romneyed, plundered by takeover artists and […]

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A lot of nickels

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

I can't resist passing this along. Not likely to be on a purely political junkie's radar, but I subscribe to a bunch of RSS feeds dedicated to computers. Seems there's an internet hoax to the effect that Samsung is paying Apple in nickels, and lots and lots of people believe it. You can read all […]

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Only in America

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

This is a country in which fairly basic human rights are being treated in a rather cavalier fashion, without much outcry from anyone. People are being removed from voting rolls upon mere suspicion, and even that is giving too much credit to the perpetrators. Congress just passed a law allowing the government to imprison without […]

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See no evil police chief steps aside

Thursday, March 22, 2012

One small step for the good guys. A lot has been made in this case about the difficulty of prosecuting this case due to the NRA sponsored “stand your ground” laws. I full agree that they are evil, and anyone who would vote for one is a buffoon, but the evidence in this case seems […]

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Where’s Colbert?

Monday, February 27, 2012

If you’re a Colbert fan, you know he’s currently in a deadly rivalry with his former best friend Jimmy Fallon. Well lately Jimmy has been hanging out with Michelle Obama, seen here in a potato sack race against Fallon at the White House. So, inquiring minds want to know. Is Colbert going to take this […]

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They truly serve who only sit and tweet

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Yesterday’s debate is over, and I think it’s only fair to pay tribute to the true heroes. The internet has done some wonderful things, but perhaps for none can we be more grateful than the ability it affords the millions to avoid actually watching the likes of Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney bloviate […]

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The leeches condemn the leeched

Sunday, February 12, 2012

 This article in the New York Times has already engendered a lot of comment. Dean Baker says that the economics of the piece are a bit off (worth reading), but the real importance of the piece is the fact that governmental benefits are used most where they are condemned the most. Our blue state money […]

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Two Nations, (One) under God

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Someone passed this graphic along to my wife, and I, in turn, feel compelled to pass it on. It illustrates the predominate term used in various parts of the nation for carbonated beverages. What struck me is how similar the pattern is to other, less trivial local variations, such as religiosity (hence, the title of […]

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God works in mysterious ways

Sunday, January 15, 2012

 I’m not much of a football fan, but I gather that yesterday’s game proved that there is either no god, or that there is a god and he thinks the Bronco’s quarterback is an ostentatious prick.

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Apparently, the people have risen up and demanded an end to privacy

Sunday, December 11, 2011

If any proof were needed that we live in an oligarchy, where sometimes the rest of us are thrown a bone, consider the “Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011“, which would amend federal law to allow corporations to pester cell phone users with robocalls. I first learned about it in a fundraising email from the […]

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