A touch of optimism (and it isn’t easy). Yes, enormous stupidity and misinformation stalk the landscape, but there are also insatiable engines of transparency. We know more about bad guys than you’d think, at least their PAC donations.
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Former member of Scholars & Rogues.
Obama barks at extreme supremes: the inept vs. the unfeeling
If anyone has to be reminded of our institutional breakdowns, look no further than a Supreme Court rushing headlong against history. Of course that doesn’t justify Obama’s hamfisted, unilateral strikes, making less logical than political sense.
“Don’t retreat, reload”: vigilantes at large
What Palin captured, with her belligerent “Never Retreat, Reload” war cry, looks back to our lying invasion into Iraq (indeed ten years of foreign policy) plus today’s street stalking of Trayvon Martin, violent politic rhetoric and increasing, take-no-prisioners manias dominating the right’s politics.
GOP lemmings a-leaping? 2008 redux?
Time for a glimmer of a prospect of optimism. If I never try it out, after all . . . how will I know how it feels. The GOP, in short, appears to be doing its best to destroy itself, a sustained, gruesome death march to minority status. Hear, hear, who thought they’d outdo Palin for VP?
Limbaugh brays on: louder, emptier, closer to the end
Limbaugh is slowly dying, like the dinosaur that he is, bit by bit. As sponsors escape, he doesn’t need any help from the FCC. Thus, I disagree with calls that he be fired. Just watching him losing advertisers is a joy in itself – the beginning of the end.
Bashing Obama’s America, fringe snatches victory from defeat
Romney looks to win the GOP nod. Romney looks to lose to Obama, unless all hell breaks loose, figuratively speaking. Romney splits the rightwing base. That makes Romney the sacrificial Rethug lamb of the season. But savvy fringe players can still make lemonade out of lemons, though no positive for governance.
Let the left wing pandering begin
By Robert Becker Scene: Large Washington hotel room full of Democratic staffers. Speaker: Savvy PR operative, speaking bluntly. Message: People vote their prejudices, so public relations rule. It’s remarkable how many of […]
'God particle' refudiates religious right
By Robert Becker Is “Higgs boson” a creative particle or energy field? Can we thus infer an “anti-God particle,” as anti-matter opposes matter, or dark energy battles gravity? Any covenant with Godhead, […]
Does bad behavior = power and glory?
By Robert Becker My squishy optimism sagged, having just finished Richard Condon’s scathing, witty, mesmerizing masterpiece, The Manchurian Candidate. If you liked the acclaimed ’62 movie, and delight in devilish wit, grab […]
Three cheers for GOP moderation
By Robert Becker The key to unabashed cheerfulness, like mine, is moderating expectations. Set low enough standards, as some ancient codger must have mused, and you’ll never be disappointed.
