Alfred E. Obama
As a symbol of political weakness, it’s too soon to say whether Barack Obama getting bashed in the lip while playing hoops will become the functional equivalent of Jimmy Carter getting chased by a Killer Rabbit. What is clear that…
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Politics in the Zeros
"A republic, if you can keep it." Vegas, taxes.
Category Politics
Death of the Liberal Class, inverted totalitarianism, and Chris Hedges
Newshoggers has a fine, if depressing, introduction to Chris Hedges and his new book, Death of the Liberal Class. It’s depressing in that there seemingly is little reason to hope for change. But in reality, many socities througout history have…
Sorry, Jon Stewart, but I was just way too busy to make it to your rally
As we all know, there was a rally in Washington, DC on Saturday. Â It’s gotten tons of attention in the media and had some high profile guests, like The Roots, Jeff Tweedy, the Mythbusters and, of course, Jon Stewart and…
Liberals chose comfort, and the world burns
Every so often, you’ll read a book or an opinion piece or something else that is revelatory. Â It changes your outlook on some aspect of the world. Â Today, I read such a piece, concerning the erosion of liberal power in…
Three Green candidates that could seriously shake the boat in their states
Just a note before I begin. These are just the candidates that I know of from my work in the Green Party and what I can glean online. There are plenty of other strong Green candidates for state offices all…