Another Assist From The Second Greatest Basketball Player Of All Time
Partisanship doesn’t allow me to call Earvin “Magic” Johnson the greatest basketball player of all time, but he certainly was the most unique talent of his day....
Read MoreDon’t Make Me Break Out The Swears Again …
Goddammit, gun people, you’re driving me crazy. I’m one of those liberals who’s on your side. Well, I’m on your side inasmuch as I accept the fact that the...
Read MoreChavez vs. Chavez: The Wingnut Google Doodle Resurrection Day Freakout
Wingnuts on Twitter are in a rage because Google had the audacity to feature Cesar Chavez in today’s Google Doodle (it’s his birthday), rather than some...
Read MoreYour Friday Clash Song: We Will Teach Our Twisted Speech To The Young Believers …
If there’s one Clash song that encapsulates the band’s true manifesto, it has to be “Clampdown” from London Calling (1979). This is a great live version from...
Read MoreThe Birth Of A Republican Lie/Smear – Rep. Ed Markey Edition
The Republican party has no shame. They lie, cheat and steal their way into office. They embody such good Christian values…cough, choke, spit. I often fantasize...
Read MoreRemember, These Are The “Smart” Guys
You know that Supreme Court Justices like Antonin Scalia and John Roberts are intellectual giants, because their right-wing groupies constantly tell us so. And, of...
Read MoreAn Equal Protection Primer For Supreme Court Justices Who May Be Confused
Speaking of marriage, my poor, long suffering wife had to endure yet another middle-aged-lawyer diatribe last night when a local news broadcast ran a brief report on...
Read MoreTexas Wants Its Gold Back from the Gubmint
Texas is being weird again. Texas Governor Rick Perry (R-Oops) and state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione are fixin’ to get their gold back from the federal treasury,...
Read MoreTen Years On, Calculating The True Cost Of The War In Iraq
This past week was a time for reflection on one of the greatest blunders in U.S. foreign policy: George Bush’s misguided and unjustified war in Iraq, which began ten...
Read MoreThe 1980s Aren’t Dead; They Aren’t Even Past
William Faulkner said that, didn’t he? Or something like that. In any event, undoubtedly it’s my age, but if you listen carefully you can still hear the echoes of...
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