"Bush Quietly Raises Money For McCain": McCain Talks Straight With Forked To...

McCain's latest act of cowardice and hypocrisy portrays him more as a desperate and opportunistic political hack than a principled man capable of any kind of "straight talk."  He takes on the...

Obama & Foreign Policy: Experience is a Poor Substitute for Good Judgment & R...

Over the past week, Barack Obama has come under fire for his comparative lack of experience and his views towards foreign policy. McCain has attacked Obama as being “naive” and failing to understand “the...

The Rudy Schema: National Disasters Play Well In Florida

The Rudy Schema:  National Disasters Play Well In Florida by Timothy Holland email:  prof.holland *at*gmail*dot*com Rudy Giuliani showed very little concern for the Iowa caucus and all but ran to...

A True or False Test on Climate Change

This is not a story, but rather a question that I hope someone out there can answer.  It involves the issue of climate change and those who seem to feel that it is a man made invention with duplicitous,...

The Texacutioner Finds Mercy: Bush Goes Weak in the Knees for Libby

As governor, George W. Bush presided over more than 150 executions. This statistic is a record in modern history and in civilized society and it should be remembered when we talk about him as a man who forgives...

The Texacutioner Finds Mercy: Bush Goes Weak in the Knees for Libby

As governor, George W. Bush presided over more than 150 executions. This statistic is a record in modern history and in civilized society and it should be remembered when we talk about him as a man who forgives...

The Politics of Morality, Hermann Göring, Karl Rove, Scooter Libby & the Los...

I recently read a post lamenting the unfair treatment of Scooter Libby and the Democrats reaction in juxtaposition with their handling of the William Jefferson scandal.  The gentleman wrote, "Tom Delay, was...

Election 2008: Finding a Worthy Adversary

"I have to laugh, because I've outsmarted even myself. My enemy, my foe, is an animal. In order to conquer the animal, I have to learn to think like an animal. And, whenever possible, to look like one. I've...

On Packing

A large part of packing is knowing exactly how to sink in and knowing exactly how to stand out when it becomes necessary. For example, bring 6 plain white t-shirts and one that says "I Fucked the Coney Island Freak Show!" This is imperative. Also, please pack the big red...

blood & speed

If everything seems under control, you’re just not going fast...

In the Middle of Things: Lost in the Desert of Western Romanticism

            The passionate and controversial debate over what has long been known as "Orientalism" has never been more relevant than it is today.  So...

Bush Vetoes Iraq War Bill...But Why? And How?

I recently read an editorial on this site that raised the question, "how is it that, in a democracy, one man can over-ride the elected people's representative body?"  While I sensed that...

Anadil Hossain on "The Namesake," Bollywood and American Independent Cinema

“I’ve run guns for Shahrukh Kahn and shipped tigers for Karan Johar,” Anadil says with the ironical nonchalance of a person fully aware they have a good story. She is wearing sunglasses, so you can’t...

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