Part 2 in a series. The Reagan/Thatcher years were marked by an utterly bizarre shiny/happy pastel sheen spread liberally across a decidedly apocalyptic doom. Listen to songs like “Everybody Wants to Rule […]
TunesWeek: ’90s video goes political
The most important lesson we should all learn from the 2012 election
“You idiot! Get back in there at once and sell, sell!” As we set about the process of compiling and canonizing the 2012 election post-mortem, one thing we keep hearing over and over […]
Isaac bears down on the RNC: Reverend Robertson? Paging Reverend Pat Robertson…
It seems like every time some place gets waxed by a natural disaster, our friends on the right – you know, the ones God phones daily – pipe up to explain that […]
Why won't Gingrich quit when it's obvious he can't win? (I have a conspiracy … I mean, theory…)
You know that guy who comes over for the dinner party and then just will not leave? Everybody else goes home and he’s still there, talking about this hot girlfriend he had […]
Imagine there's no boycotts: that sounds like Communism to me
Following up on yesterday’s post about how unfair it is when progressives fight fire with fire… One of the architects of the modern conservative boycott movement back in the day was the […]
The GOP's hillbilly worship
by Paul Szep
Rick Santorum: of Ayatollahs and Puritans (two from Szep)
by Paul Szep
The Newtonian principles of marriage: two from Paul Szep
Iowa nice, but the caucuses are still a huge problem
Have you seen the vid on Youtube called “Iowa Nice”? If not, let’s start there. The producer of the video, Scott Siepker, is an Iowa State University grad and host of Iowa Outdoors […]
Survivor wrap: the question I wish someone had posed at the final tribal council
A few weeks ago I had some thoughts on the embarrassing displays of blasphemy in this season of Survivor. A quick refresher.
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