I think it better that in times like these A poet’s mouth be silent, for in truth We have no gift to set a statesman right; He has had enough of meddling […]
The Rest is Silence
Fighting the darkness
The very first things I wrote about the internet were dark: hate groups, right wing extremists, and their ability to do harm in cyberspace. Twenty-three years ago I began an academic relationship […]
So we’ll go no more a roving…
So, we’ll go no more a roving So late into the night, Though the heart be still as loving, And the moon be still as bright. For the sword outwears its sheath, […]
The Fall of Rome, pt 2
This country looks like one that’s about to learn some things the hard way. Riffing on Sam’s post about Rome… We all got taught that Rome fell when the barbarians sacked Rome. […]
Welcome to the Fall of Rome
Send lawyers, guns, and money Dad get me out of this You’ve partied like there’s no tomorrow. You and your bros drunk, smoked, snorted and fucked your way through the whole semester. […]
For incremental reform, vote Bernie
Robert Reich: Bernie Sanders Is Not George McGovern Reich’s analysis is worth a read. His view of the world strikes me as both correct and terribly troubling. The basic economic realities are […]
Gun rights fundamentalists are the radicals of the American civil religion
Every religion has its moderates and its radicals, including the American civil religion. Gun rights fundamentalists its radicals, and woe be unto those who question the revealed Truth of the Forefathers.
Hillary Clinton is a Russian asset. Discuss.
What will Hillary’s legacy be? She needs to decide now… Item: Hillary Clinton says ‘many, many, many people’ pressuring her to consider 2020 presidential run November 12, 2019 Item: Hillary Clinton admits she […]
Bernie’s party
Is It Bernie’s Party Now? – The ultimate outsider took over a splintered party from within. Sound familiar? I love this, mostly because the anti-Sanders view point in it comes consistently from […]
Trump’s Space Force Logo WTF: the greatest troll in human history
Sure, it may bring down civilization as we know it, but we’ll all die laughing. Friday afternoon Presnit Donald tweeted out the new logo for his space force. After consultation with our […]
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