One Stupid Idea Deserves Another
In our country, right now, 24 million people can’t find a full-time job, 50 million people in this country who can’t see a doctor when they’re sick, 47 million people need government help feed themselves, and 15 million families who owe more on their mortgage than the value of their home. Clearly, our economy needs …
Reflexive
If someones punches you in the arm, you yell “Owtch!” You don’t know why you react that way – it’s just your natural, innate reaction to the situation. In fact, it’s your autonomic nervous system implementing what your DNA has programed it to do over thousands and thousands of years. Simply put, it’s your instinct. …
The Right Guy
You may have noticed that many of the Occupy protestors are wearing Guy Fawkes masks. Why? It’s a curious intersection of pop-culture, sixteenth-century history, and modern politics. Guy Fawkes was an Englishman who conspired to blow-up the British parliament in November of 1605, believing it was his duty to restore the government to Catholic control. …
It’s Called Public for a Reason
It’s strange what people are paying attention to these days. While most are still breathless with anticipation at the next detail of the Kardashian wedding, schools are failing, roads are crumbling, and people are being needlessly deported. While thousands are occupying cities all of the country calling for economic justice, unemployment continues to soar and …
Bad ‘Bama
Alabama is squarely in the top five, and I’m not talking BCS rankings. No, as much as I enjoy the Crimson Tide, the State of Alabama is now ground zero for awful conservative legislation. Not only are they surpassing Arizona for extreme anti-immigrant legislation, but they are now attempting to execute their own citizens. If …