It’s been a while, but here goes…

I haven’t yet figured out why, but I find myself reading opinion articles in The Washington Post entirely too often. On the plus side, there is not a single Wolf Blitzer in sight. On the downside, they have a Charles Krauthammer… ewww. I suppose that often enough there is genuinely intelligent commentary, […]

Dmitry Medvedev: Figurehead or Front Man?

 The Associated Press brings us this delightful piece of what may be loosely regarded as analysis re: Dmitry Medvedev’s resounding victory in the Russian Presidential election.
This particular “analysis” is spectacular in its failure: its attempt to avoid betraying the naivete of its writer is simply breathtaking in its catastrophic wrong-headedness and oversimplification (”Will Medevedev take […]

Fo Sho

You know what they say - you’re nobody until you can see your own house on google map street view.  Can any of you say that?  No, you can’t because you’re nobody, and I’m somebody!

Kosovo?

is The Quincy Adams Observer going to recognize Kosovo? I think we should, guys.

Serbia & Turkey, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love World Wars

So some Serbs took it upon themselves to express displeasure with the US’s support of Kosovan independence.
I would go so far as to call that an unwise choice on the part of those Serbs. According to the AP, right now the folks in the White House are bristling and expressing no small amount of their […]

Ma’am, the tests show your country is…special

So I was going to break some incredible news about how John McCain not only did indeed have an affair with that lobbyist, and not only is she HIS OWN ILLEGITIMATE GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER, but she is ALSO descended from slaves John McCain owned before the Civil War! That will, however, have to wait for another day.
I […]

America the Plebeian

It can be dangerous when a cynic is given internet access and, at the same time, becomes a passive observer to sometimes banal or ignorance-driven conversations concerning the likes of terrible music, movies, or Mike Huckabee. In times such as these, I frequently find myself agreeing strongly with Susan Jacoby’s articles featured […]

Castro’s resignation and what it means for us

Still waiting on a cigar? Don’t get your hopes up.
Fidel’s given up the poorly-upkept facade of being Cuba’s leader, and he’s handed the reigns of power to his brother Raul (for realsies, this time).

Despite constant reassurances from his various lackeys that Fidel would soon to be able to leap tall buildings again, he’s finally acquiesced […]

Hillary for You and Me

jesus fucking christ.

Pimp my Ride to the White House

Does it make me a bad person to think that the “pimped out” Chelsea Clinton issue is complete bullshit and rocketing outside the realm of reason?  Slate says “No, it doesn’t, Alex.”