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The Conservative War on Middle America: Christianity

Christians are sleeping with the enemy.

The Conservative War on Middle America: LGBT Rights

For some time, conservatism has made a target of the LGBT community. It gains little in the way of policy goals or economic benefit in doing so, but has found a target voting bloc in fundamentalists who will put strict … Continue…

The Conservative War on Middle America: Taxes

I don’t think that anyone in America smiles at the thought of paying more taxes. Whether you make ten dollars or a million, you tend to get comfortable spending at your income level and having that adjusted to a lesser … Continue…

The Conservative War on Middle America: Gerrymandering

Part 1 of a series on how conservative ideals directly undermine the good of the nation.

The Conservative War on Middle America: Introduction

Over the course of the preceding months, I have come to a belief. I chose the word “belief” instead of a more solid word like “understanding” because I do not pretend to sell objective fact on this blog, and I … Continue…

America for Sale

What I found is called MERS. And it will shock you. I’ll bet you never heard of it. Bastards are crafty. They’re like area 51 and Fort Knox rolled into one.

The budget cuts that we’ll never see

It is with a great level of frustration that I watch the debates on budget cuts in Congress take place knowing that the defense budget is untouchable even though it is somewhat ridiculously inflated.

Puppet in Chief

There, in the shrine to Adam Smith, where capitalism gets drunk and shows its tits to the camera, he bows his head, sprinkles some sand on the floor, does a little soft shoe and his best Al Jolson impersonation.

Science, Religion, Reality

“I’ve taken lots of Prozac. Lots of Paxil. Ritalin. Focalin… I studied deeply in the natural philosophies and the world religions, but cheerfulness kept breaking through…” Leonard Cohen

Arizona shooting and American disillusionment

Some guy shoots a bunch of people in Arizona and in the aftermath, everybody eagerly plays their role.

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