When reason is strangled… August 30, 2012 …the only reply is outraged farce: Sorry, its too much for me to actually put on my blog. I know some rape victims. I… Continue Reading
Openly gay August 28, 2012 Until I read this Star Trib story about the Duluth that is no longer your grandparent’s Duluth (I’m a grandparent!) I had never read… Continue Reading
Don’t judge a book by its cover August 25, 2012 Do you recognize this person? This story was a bit of a revelation to me. I did recall that the woman above as a… Continue Reading
Fiddling around August 17, 2012 I put up a lawnsign a few weeks ago urging voters to vote no on the proposed constitutional ban on gay marriage. I mention… Continue Reading
Bill Gates has one smart wife May 14, 2012 From the Daily Beast: Gates believes that by focusing on the lives of women and children, and by making it clear that the agenda… Continue Reading
Wisconsin and Michigan Republicans are in race… April 7, 2012 … to alienate the most people. Using anti equal pay for women reasoning like this Wisconsin closes the gap: Whatever gaps exist, he insists,… Continue Reading
Hoisted on your enemy’s petard March 15, 2012 Michael Brodkorb was a rising star in GOP politics. He was as I recall a hotshot in the UMD College Republicans when I was… Continue Reading
A lot of Republicans stress that Rush has apologized but isn’t getting credit for it. March 8, 2012 Continue Reading
Rush Limbo March 7, 2012 Here’s a more salutary commentary on the Rush dust up. Liberal yaps take a deserved beating. We live in an age where anything seems… Continue Reading
What Rush Limbaugh should have said instead of being “funny” March 7, 2012 My Buddy has sent me a counterpoint on the Rush Limbaugh fooferah. Except its not really about Rush. Its a WSJ op ed piece… Continue Reading
“Thank you for the civil wonderful debate today” February 18, 2012 Hope in and for the Republican Party – once we get past the desperate lunge back to the crappy old days. Continue Reading
This Republican proposal sounds a little like gang rape February 17, 2012 Virginia Republicans know a good cause deserving of becoming law: Virginia House has passed a bill that would require women to undergo an ultrasound… Continue Reading
The GOP’s business… February 16, 2012 …is not a lady’s business. Apparently: This morning, Democrats tore into House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) for preventing women from testifying… Continue Reading
I bash Mississippi regulalry… February 16, 2012 …but if you exclude the majority of old white Mississippians who still want to outlaw marriage between the races its changing before my very… Continue Reading
Sexual grandiosity January 26, 2012 Victor Davis Hanson is one of the current Era’s right-wing political pundits. He’s also a historian. I got about half way through his book… Continue Reading
John and Yoko updated January 23, 2012 Its a new evangelism and it ain’t the Presbyterians. Continue Reading
He would probably outlaw rubbers in Bridge too January 3, 2012 The latest GOP candidate to surge in Iowa thinks States should ignore one ruling by the Supreme Court. Talk about the Rule of law. Continue Reading
Some random thoughts on Rush Limbaugh’s culture wars November 22, 2011 Look at the graph below about teen pregnancy in the US. I have a number of thoughts in reaction to it which I don’t… Continue Reading
“The mood of the people” July 12, 2011 I do not expect to die if the US defaults on its debts. That said: If Republicans succeed in underming the full faith and… Continue Reading