In a Scrogues Converse feature, Jim Booth, Lex and @Doc reconsider the decision to rein Sherman in before he burned the Confederacy to the ground. [Ed. Note: Jim was an English teacher […]
Should the Union have allowed Sherman to destroy the South?
Mid-century modern bigotry
Frankenstein, 1932: villagers with pitchforks and torches search for the monster who killed the little blonde girl. Berlin, 1933: Brown-shirted Nazis march triumphantly through Berlin by torchlight to celebrate the accession of Adolph […]
Is Colin Kaepernick a “distraction”? You’re missing the point. By a mile.
A lot of people believe famous uppity negro CK7 would be a distraction, which tells you things about America you may not want to think about. You can’t swing a dead cat […]
Happy 4th of July: what does “freedom” mean to you?
America is a great idea, but it’s hard to love these days. At some point tonight millions and millions of us will find ourselves sitting in a stadium or a park or […]
I’m So Tired: of a lot of stuff…
“…and curse Sir Walter Raleigh/He was such a stupid git….” – John Lennon “…and the time will come when you see we’re all one/And life flows on within you and without you….” […]
Score one for the First Amendment: The Slants win
by Amber Healy In writing for the entire eight-member US Supreme Court Monday morning, Justice Samuel Alito told Simon Tam and his band, The Slants, that they were correct in their fight […]
US Supreme Court rules in favor of The Slants
by Amber Healy In a unanimous decision Monday morning, the US Supreme Court ruled 8-0 in favor of The Slants, the Portland, Oregon-based band that’s been fighting for years for the right […]
Where is my tribe?
In the last two days I’ve been tone policed for being unkind, uncool, and tribal. Mind you, the single person doing the tone policing had nothing to say about what I signified. […]
Rep. Clay Higgins needs to be prosecuted
If a person cannot see how utterly un-American this is, I don’t know what to say. We have a Bill of Rights for a reason. Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins, an embarrassment to […]
Bill Maher: it’s not the words he used, it’s how he used them
Our fear of the “N-word” only makes it stronger, but Maher used it for a cheap laugh. This is not acceptable and he knows it. Bill Maher stepped in it on his […]
