November 2017 saw Donald and his minions say or do at least 146 horrible things.
Horrible things said and done by Donald and his Administration – November 2017
Rick Perry: "Whatever it is, I'm against it"
by Robert S. Becker Perry: “I keep saying, ‘The world is flat.’” Don’t look to Barry Goldwater or Milton Friedman, even Ronald Reagan, to explain why addled fundamentalists, like zombies surfacing from […]
In Defense of "Jesus Glasses"
The facts of my case are fairly simple. Chad Farnan, a 15-year-old self-described Christian fundamentalist student in my AP History class, sued me for a “pattern” of statements unconstitutionally hostile to religion. His claim was based on hours of illegal and surreptitious recordings. In my attorney’s opinion, the law was on our side, so he advised me to seek a summary judgment. I now believe that was a critical error…
Colorado idiot's ancestors were probably Virginian…
While Rep. Bruce Douglas of the state legislature makes comments that make all thinking Coloradans squirm, back here in the Old Dominion, we’re hard at work trying to create our own crowds […]
Smart people hate America and other myths of the current cultural milieu…
Everyday life, supersaturated with images and jingles, makes intellectual life look hopelessly sluggish, burdensome, difficult. In a video-game world, the play of intellect — the search for validity, the willingness to entertain […]
Fed prepares to “move the goalposts” to delay recession; Greenspan says “Not my fault”
By Martin Bosworth The phrase “moving the goalposts” has been applied most heavily in public discourse of late to the Bush regime’s “strategery” regarding the Iraq war. Through the “surge” and constant […]
The future (of science fiction writing) ain’t what it used to be
By Martin Bosworth Over the weekend there was an interesting flap in literary circles–the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA) went insane with copyright infringement notices against Scribd.com, an online document-hosting service, […]
Why is it we can read but we’re not supposed to talk about it…?
My fellow Scrogue Denny Wilkins (Dr. Denny to you) passed along a great essay by Steve Wasserman, former editor of the Los Angeles Times Book Review on the gradual disappearance of book […]
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