Magic Mike. Bloomberg, the Male Stripper
Amid concerns that the Marathon may let foreigners gauge the depth of the American dream a week after a tropical storm ravaged what used...
Children, Let’s All Go with SYRIZA this Christmas!
It’s Christmas time so, if you follow European politics, it’s Greece time. Greece invented the republic as a form of governing communities, and a...
All President’s Women and Ol’ Times’ Man
Here comes Samantha. Sam, to her husband, Cass Sunstein, an American law professor. Sam covered the Balkan wars and learned that for each crime...
NYTimes: Court Confronts Religious Rights of Corporations
The Supreme Court will decide whether to hear an Obama administration appeal of a lower court’s ruling that a company could restrict contraception insurance...
Transformers — A Movie Both Democrats and Republicans Try to Emulate
With Condi Rice the most popular among those Mitt Romney, the Republican Presidential Candidate, is reportedly considering as a vice presidential running mate, American...
Todd Gitlin’s Gibberish in the White House
Gibberish Is the White House’s New Normal - The bad art of the non sequitur.
Once upon a time, there were presidents for whom English seemed...
The Usefulness of Old People
In their first song together, Hey Old Man, the musical group ABBA, which you may have heard of from their Broadway show, Mamma Mia!...
NY for True Democrats: Teachout-Wu
Dear Readers:
Never has $1 meant so much as today! Contribute to Teachout-Wu to send a message to Albany that sellouts need to move out of...
Selfie as in This Is Me!
The Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year for 2013 is “selfie.” It’s an informal noun (plural: selfies) defined as “a photograph that one has...
Santorum’s Time Traveling Tales
A few weeks back, I said that Obama did not have what it took to be my candidate, but do I have a choice?...
De Gustibus
America’s future is becoming Amy Winehouse’s. SNL’s Seth Meyers would probably say, “Really?”. Really.
With one caveat. We are not interested in leaving any mourners...
Coded Message
There truly is nothing to joke about the Newtown shootings. No jokes to be made about gun control or media coverage. It is why...
Dallas, D.C.
October 3, 2013. Attempted breach at White House. Stop. Capitol was in lockdown after shots fired. Stop. Pennsylvania Avenue closed. Stop. Secret Service engaged...
