The battle over saggy pants reveals a deepening race and class divide in America

Some people say we need to pass laws against people who sag their pants too low. While such laws are clearly ridiculous they do reveal a fundamental disconnect in America when it comes to race and class. The underclass is so downtrodden that it has to put up with...

The Police are Paid to "Protect and Serve" the Rich, Not You and Me

Cops see their badge as a license to take the law into their own hands. Don't like the customer service you've received? Pepper-spray'em and arrest'em.The recent spate of police brutality is no accident. It's not a freak coincidence, it's the way it's always been. Would I...

The Culture is Not Coarse Enough

I hear a lot of people on both sides of the ideological aisle complaining about the "coarsening of our culture" or some similar trash. Fuck that shit; our culture is not coarse enough. People are too hung up on manners and social norms. Sure, it's nice to have polite people...

Bush & Gen. Pace: No "Plan B" Strategy for Iraq

The Washington Post dropped this bombshell of shear stupidity today:"A group of governors asked Bush and Marine Gen. Peter Pace about their backup plan for Iraq. What would the administration do if its new strategy didn't work? The conclusion they took away was that there is...