Oligarchy, or Just the Best Democracy Money Can Buy?
Do we have a democracy, or an oligarchy? There are a lot of reasons for the lopsided results Tuesday, none of them good. Huge dark money expenditures, smearing … Read more
Blogs
Various blogs, featuring humor, oddities, news and interesting items.
Renéevation
Speculation on Renée Zellweger’s new face What’s happened to Renée Zellweger? From the photos it’s hard to tellweger. It looks like some surgery Created a furgery That no … Read more
A Poem: On the Arrival of Ebola in New York
Regarding the first case of Ebola in New York The first case of Ebola in New York does not make New Yorkers ebollient. I suspect it’s because … Read more
Fear Sells: Ebola, ISIS and the Cult of Paranoia
ISIS and Ebola fears are being stoked to the hilt for big ratings Fear sells. It gets big ratings on TV, and can even get candidates elected. So … Read more
Memoir Mania
An ode to the audacity of dough in recent political memoirs The talk shows all trumpet a shocking vendetta revealed in the memoir by Leon Panetta the truth … Read more
A Writer’s Day
How one writer avoids writer’s block: Avoid writing! Wake up, brew strong, black tea. Read newspaper. Sort through bills. Take out trash. Say goodbye to wife, kids. Brew … Read more
Why I’m Not Going on the Lena Dunham Circus Book Tour
I won’t be an opening act for Lena Dunham’s new book tour. Here’s why. I’m not that kind of girl. I hate taking off my clothes in public. … Read more
Ripping the Headlines Today, 9/29/14
Making fun of the headlines today, so you don’t have to The news doesn’t need to be complicated and confusing; that’s what any new release from Microsoft is … Read more
Top Hollywood Death Sentences
When you hear one of these lines in a Hollywood-produced piece, you know it ain’t going to work out well. Based on many years spent watching film and … Read more
Fergusen Blues
Fergusen: If you were surprised, you haven’t been paying attention The events in Fergusen, Missouri, this past month shocked the nation. But if you were entirely surprised, you … Read more
