'Current Affairs' Archive

Limbaugh Can Dish It Out…

May 11th, 2009 / Celebrities, Current Affairs, Newswire / Comments

The right is in a holy froth because President Obama laughed at a joke by Wanda Sykes saying she hoped Rush Limbaugh's kidneys would fail. Drudge immediately picked up the ...
Taking Stock at Age 45

Taking Stock at Age 45

May 9th, 2009 / Admin, Current Affairs / Comments

Sean and Annette Prophet I turned 45 today, and I am hopeful, both for my future and for the future of the ...
Hail To The Chief

Hail To The Chief

January 20th, 2009 / Current Affairs / Comments

On the cusp of this amazing moment in world history, I'm compelled to reflect on what has led us to this ...
Bush: “Fuck You, America!”

Bush: “Fuck You, America!”

December 15th, 2008 / Current Affairs / Comments

  Our mad lame-duck priest-president has saved the most vile ass-shagging of our beleaguered country for his final few weeks. After leading us into a fraudulent ...

Prop. 8 Protest - A Beautiful Sight

November 16th, 2008 / Bigotry, Current Affairs, Newswire, Religion / Comments

I love the energy at this anti-Prop. 8 protest in San Diego. This bad law is SO getting tossed. You can't write discrimination into the state constitution without a supermajority ...
A New Dawn

A New Dawn

November 5th, 2008 / Current Affairs / Comments

After living through the last eight wasted years in America--writing in outrage for seven of them--it's hard to overstate the elation I share with ...

Bias on bias

November 4th, 2008 / Current Affairs, Newswire / Comments

One-two punch for an election-eve finish. A veteran journalist has decided it's time for him to weigh in on media bias. It seemed the 2008 election had become enough of ...

What about Joe the Plumber?

October 16th, 2008 / Current Affairs, Newswire / Comments

Since we've been talking about Joe the Plumber in the comments today, here's some background on Joe Wurzelbacher and how he got into John McCain's debate script. Joe Wurzelbacher was ...
Be A Catalyst

Be A Catalyst

October 15th, 2008 / Current Affairs / Comments

Learning to be a great leader is the last area where anyone is a novice all over again. And unlike most training programs, ...
Ashamed To Share A Country…

Ashamed To Share A Country…

October 10th, 2008 / Current Affairs, Psychology / Comments

"Socialism, Communism, go to Russia!" shouts the woman wearing a cross. "He should die," "Socialist Swine," "Terrorist." These are not the epithets of a ...
Red Lenses

Red Lenses

October 5th, 2008 / Current Affairs, Religion / Comments

What makes you angry? Seriously. What does it take to get you riled up these days? Yes, I'm talking to you. Does the ...

Don’t Vote

October 3rd, 2008 / Current Affairs, Newswire / Comments

This video kinda sums it all up. Get out there, get registered, get an absentee ballot, whatever--VOTE!   ...

Fight, Fight, Fight!

September 5th, 2008 / Current Affairs, Newswire / Comments

Gov. Sarah Palin has burst on the scene with style, guts -- and a penchant for distorting the facts, thanks to Bush's former speech writer who wrote her speech ...

No Good Government Says Anything About God’s Presence

July 31st, 2008 / Current Affairs, Newswire, Religion / Comments

It's official, we have another bat-shit crazy lunatic in the U.S. Congress, who seems to have forgotten not only common sense, but the very constitution he's sworn to uphold. This ...
Obama Deserves the Prize

Obama Deserves the Prize

May 16th, 2008 / Current Affairs, Religion / Comments

Given the ever-increasing milquetoast flavor of each successive presidential campaign, I had pretty much decided that in my lifetime I would never see a ...
Wikileaks 88.80.13.160

Wikileaks 88.80.13.160

February 20th, 2008 / Current Affairs / Comments

UPDATE 03.04.08: The judge has now dropped his order, allowing Wikileaks to be reached by its original URL. Following the internet furor over the case, Julius ...
Why am I Forced to Vote in Church?

Why am I Forced to Vote in Church?

February 5th, 2008 / Atheism, Current Affairs, Religion / Comments

As an atheist, I only go to church when I'm forced to. And as a civic-minded citizen of West Hills, CA, that's about twice a year--on ...
Blackwater: Be Very Afraid

Blackwater: Be Very Afraid

November 5th, 2007 / Current Affairs, Drug War, Religion, Television / Comments

On the Bill Maher show this past weekend (which is absolute must-see TV), Jeremy Scahill appeared via satellite to talk about his book Blackwater: The ...