Peaceful Interlude 27 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm

Just A Thought... 27 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am

Clearly, there are no good options for handing the Syria "situation." And "bad" doesn't describe the ones that are left: "horrendous," maybe, or "disastrous." "Impossible." But it occurs to me that th...

Message Control 26 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm

The scourge of Obamacare: LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- A middle-aged man in a red golf shirt shuffles up to a small folding table with gold trim, in a booth adorned with a flotilla of helium balloons, where go...

Sunday Column 25 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm

My latest offering in our local newspaper begins with some esoteric references, but goes on to the obvious point: today's Republicans are averse to factual input, demand 100% agreement, and close thei...

Aurora Australis 25 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am

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Speaking Of Lies 24 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm

Saw this on Pharyngula. There are three dishonest changes, not just the obvious one. It's evidently from a Facebook page called "The Patriot Nation." Not gonna look it up. I could comment further, bu...

Of Course He Was: He's Kenyan 24 Aug 2013 | 12:30 am

Honestly. Are there blue states in which people are this dumb? Or, to be less provocative (if accurate), misinformed or confused to this degree, or blinded by hate? The latest survey from Democratic-...

The NRA Was Right 23 Aug 2013 | 02:30 pm

Wayne LaPierre, it turns out, can occasionally speak the truth. That massive data-base of gun owners about which he's warned us daily, used for political purposes among others, really does exist. It'...

Five Months? What Took Him So Long? 23 Aug 2013 | 12:40 am

Although one well might wonder what happened recently that's any different from what's been going on at least since that black family moved into that white house, it's nice to see that clarity can sti...

As Horrible As It Was... 22 Aug 2013 | 10:12 pm

That thrill killing of an Australian student studying in America by three teenagers, because they were bored, is a lot of horrible and depressing things. But one thing it's not is an example of black ...