The Minefield of Abortion
I waded into a discussion on abortion on Facebook and got slammed. I was called a ‘republican troll’ a misogynist, a Neanderthal, and worse. What was ...
Don't Piss In My Pocket And Tell Me It's Raining
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(Burning the Emperor's New Clothes)Non-Aligned Political ThoughtPolitical IncorrectnessRabid assaults on hypocrisy and mediocrity, no matter who it annoys...
Band Aids for Machine Gun Wounds
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This is What a Police State Looks Like
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9-11, ten Years On
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Noble Savage
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Monsanto Is Satan (Part 1 of a 10,000 part series...)
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Imagine
Writing commentaries has turned me into a sort of semi-professional curmudgeon. It's pretty easy too, since the world does indeed appear to be going t...
Sunlight
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Drill, Obama, Drill!
Obama just gets worse and worse. It’s hard for me to believe, but now our president is apparently coming out in support of fracking, the natural gas e...
The Training of Sheep
When I travel by air, I politely endure the TSA security checks. But I’m not willing to give up my civil rights because of fear of terrorism. As Ben F...