Obama Wins! And Nothing You Can Say Quite Nails It
An e-mail at 2:38 a.m. put it this way:WHOOWHOOOEEEEE~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!And I answered, “Yeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooooooooo!”The election of ...
On False Idols And Feedback Loops of Doom
Stone faces of Easter Island gaze on as anthropologists, mythologists and space cadets debate their meaning. Measuring up to 28 ...
On Obama and the Fears We Dare Not Name, Revisited
Shortly after Barack Obama’s victory in the Iowa caucuses, I wrote a piece called, “On Obama and Fears We Dare ...
Ah, Look at the Golden Parachute as Bush Socializes the Losses
Everybody sing along.“We’re all socialists now,We’re all socialists now.Dubya’s nationalized the economy,We’re all socialists now.”
So many pigs, so much lipstick
Here’s what we in the reality-based community are up against: Two wars, tropical storms, climate crises, nuclear proliferation, a face-off ...
Wait, Lord, I Meant The Democratic National Convention
Oh Lord.What have we done? That’s what Voodoo Christians must be asking themselves.It’s one thing to ...
Putin and Bush Doomed to Waltz Through History In Each Other's Eyes
All that was missing was My Pet Goat — you know, the book President George W. Bush continued reading to ...
Church Shootings, Candlelight Vigils, and 'Up So Floating Many Bells Down'
The sky was Bible-black and ringing with thunder above Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church last time I was there. You ...
Truth to Power: On Barack Obama and the art of the possible
“Thought I’d find you here,” said my friend in his weathered voice.I didn’t look around, just kept staring ...