Pardon my presidential pardon
Monday, December 1st, 2008The United States is supposed to be a nation of laws. This standard began to fray at the highest level when, with overblown self-regard, Richard Nixon saw himself, as president, an exception to and above the law.
Now we have a president in his waning days of power who is likely to pardon law-breakers in his [...]
Parents gone wild: Sports & Science
Sunday, November 30th, 2008“Joshua, you WILL play soccer. Your genetic profile shows that this is your best chance of ultimate success, which means that soccer is YOUR sport. Daddy and I don’t care what you want. Put down that basketball, put on your shinguards, and shut up!”
“Amanda, stop your whining and jump into that pool. Your genetic profile [...]
Truth and slander
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Barack Obama, last night, said a great deal in his victory speech as President Elect of the United States, all of it good to the minds of Americans who believe in the original national dream. I believe that the heart of his message is in two statements: “It’s been a long time coming,” and in [...]
HUZZAH!
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008GOOD ON YOU, AMERICA!
Profit is our most important product!
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Remember the good old days? When Ronald Reagan was an actor/shill instead of our President? Before the string of corporate-loving presidential clones who followed? (I count you among them, Bill Clinton.)
Shilling before the TV cameras for the GE Theater, Ronnie used to say, “At General Electric, progress is our most important product.” What a nice, [...]
Coyote Wisdom
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008“Do you know Galileo?” I asked my campaign manager slash driver as he forked in a mouthful of waffle dripping with syrup at Margie’s Diner, our first stop on the meandering trek to Taos.
“Never met him,” said Steve, wiping a drip from his chin, then licking the finger, all before swallowing.
Anyway, ignoring Steve’s ignorance, as [...]
Rich Democrats, Do the News!
Saturday, May 17th, 2008Bill Moyers has a new book coming out, Moyers on Democracy, that I’m sure will be terrific. I love how Bill Moyers thinks and writes, and I’m so glad he’s on the side of people and pigs, the right side, which is actually the Left side. (No wonder people get confused in the [...]
Why Not Hillary
Thursday, May 1st, 2008Hillary, Hillary, Hillary! How we loved you…or at least liked you (remember 1994 with the health care thing?)…or at least tolerated you? You were smart and played your liberal cards so well, and we felt so sorry for you when those nasty Rovian Republicans went after you and Billary so relentlessly, that [...]
Catfish, pig poop, and your tax dollars
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008“Governments are unstable multi-party coalitions subject to perverse incentives that have more to do with politicians’ careers than with the wishes of the electorate at large.” (from ‘The dysfunctional Jewish state,’ The Economist, April 5)
I would argue that the first incentives of politicians are toward their own careers whether or not a government is multi-party, [...]
“Outsourcing”–a definition
Tuesday, December 18th, 2007Analytic Section:
Outsourcing is as old as murder, dueling, and war. As old as the legal “profession.” As old as prostitution.
Widespread corporate outsourcing, however, is a relatively modern phenomenon, foisted as a corporate boon on stockholder/owners as a “better way to conduct business.” A corporate tactic engendered by the trickle-down Neocon mindset, [...]
