In the crashing, burning finale to the House Radicals’ ploy to trash the compromise on the payroll tax cut and burn the country, all for the sake of ideologically-based hatred of Obama and all things government, the stand-out loser is John Boehner. Days ago his crazy Tea Party caucus was praising him to the skies, … Read more
In the space between savage, deadly mining culture and reason stands Denny Rehberg. Challenging John Tester for the Montana US Senate seat this man is a poster boy for what’s wrong with American politics. Opposed to almost every mining regulation, advocating for a scorched-earth approach to coal production, the man is flying on wings of … Read more
This week we have seen the trial of Bradley Manning expose a deeply troubled person who somehow took the risk of leaking info that, if seen could alter our consciousness about the war and foreign policy. Now he faces a lifetime of hurt. Perhaps he will also always remember that you can draw a bright … Read more
Bashir al-Assad, who seems to have a one-massacre-fits-all bill of rights for Syria said the other day, “Only a crazy leader would kill his own people.” Sounds like a working hypothesis.
In the film “Hugo” a small boy, who has spent his life living in a mind-numbing machine, ventures into a world where neurotic people have fantasies about firing rockets. In the sequel he sells them to Donald Trump.
