Archive for September, 2009
September 27th, 2009 / Film /
I've never been a huge Michael Moore fan. Still, his latest documentary Capitalism: A Love Story is powerful and entertaining. ...
September 18th, 2009 / Current Affairs /
It's almost as if some people wish the Cold War had never ended. There was something attractive about the ...
September 16th, 2009 / Books, Current Affairs, Newswire /
America's got to end its deadly devotion to democracy
via Christian Science Monitor
Democracy is a messy business, even in wealthy countries. One look at the Tea Party demonstrations proves ...
September 15th, 2009 / Bigotry, Newswire /
I knew my article on immigration would get some attention, but I didn't realize it would be such a textbook example of the hatred and bigotry I was talking ...
September 14th, 2009 / Current Affairs, Humor, Newswire, Religion /
Apparently emboldened by the success of Prop. 8, it seems California religious nutters are now gathering signatures to put an initiative to ban divorce on the ballot in 2010. I still can't ...
September 13th, 2009 / Energy Transition, Newswire, Stupid Things /
Coal Industry Still Poisoning America's Water
via New York Times
...and they're getting away with it. Even Obama's EPA can't seem to get a handle on the corruption, bullying and intimidation ...
September 12th, 2009 / Bigotry, Current Affairs, Society, Stupid Things /
"You lie!" shouted Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) at President Obama, in what Bill Maher compared to an episode of Tourette ...
September 8th, 2009 / Critical Thought, Current Affairs /
A few weeks back a friend of mine on Facebook asked me to fill out a questionnaire of "50 things ...
September 4th, 2009 / Marketing, Religion /
Marketing as Seduction
We assume marketing relies on a certain amount of hype, and consumers willing to suspend their disbelief. But ...