By BlackSun / Jan 18, 2010 /
The Old Man And The Cartoon
by J.P. Christiansen
Once upon a time,
in a country small, up north,
near close to sea and ...
By BlackSun / Jan 8, 2010 /
If there was any doubt about the abject inadequacy of the conservative psyche to face modern life, the airport scanner ...
By BlackSun / Jan 3, 2010 /
Last night I watched CNN coverage of a shaken Kurt Westergaard, after he survived an attempt on his ...
By BlackSun / Jan 1, 2010 /
I don't suffer fools gladly. As BSJ moves into a new decade, I've decided that certain subjects are not worth ...
By BlackSun / Dec 16, 2009 /
"How can we ever agree, Like the rest of the world, We grow farther apart.
I swear you don't listen to ...
By BlackSun / Nov 8, 2009 /
Editorials slamming "new atheism" as "strident," "tedious," "uninformed," or the kicker, "fundamentalist" crop up every week like new mushrooms sprouting ...
By BlackSun / Nov 7, 2009 /
In the grand scheme of American politics, the gay marriage issue seems like it should really be a footnote. It ...
By BlackSun / Sep 27, 2009 /
I've never been a huge Michael Moore fan. Still, his latest documentary Capitalism: A Love Story is powerful and entertaining. ...
By BlackSun / Sep 18, 2009 /
It's almost as if some people wish the Cold War had never ended. There was something attractive about the ...
By BlackSun / Sep 12, 2009 /
"You lie!" shouted Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) at President Obama, in what Bill Maher compared to an episode of Tourette ...
By BlackSun / Sep 8, 2009 /
A few weeks back a friend of mine on Facebook asked me to fill out a questionnaire of "50 things ...
By BlackSun / Sep 4, 2009 /
Marketing as Seduction
We assume marketing relies on a certain amount of hype, and consumers willing to suspend their disbelief. But ...
By BlackSun / Aug 24, 2009 /
My wife just mentioned a term I hadn't heard before: Glurge. But I've certainly experienced it. Now you can, too... You're welcome. The image below is exactly how this ...