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 […]

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 […]

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.

The Potomac Primary is for Lovers

Tonight saw another hat trick for the big O with the big Mo’. Also, the exit polls should put to rest, but won’t, all talk about demographic voting. Exit polls are fucking stupid.
I watched Obama’s victory speech tonight in Madison where he thanked their current funny fucking governor, Jim Doyle. I think that Barack […]

Rest Easy, Candidates

I know, I know, it’s been pretty rough lately. To have the attention of hundreds of millions people focused 24/7 on your smallest action must by now have worn what normal humanity you still possess down to a raw and painful nub. The unnatural sleep schedule, round-the-clock media assault, and schizophrenic distance-hopping from one side […]

Running Up That Hill

This is CNN’s dental commentary, I guess.
Anyway, tonight was a great slaughter! Way to go, Barack! You’ll close that gap even when you do count Super Delegates. Obama picked up Louisiana, Nebraska, and Washington, but clearly the only reason was the overwhelming black populations in these states and some serious repression of the female vote. […]

What’s all this then?: A primer on the argument for single payer health care

Healthcare has finally made it’s way back onto the national stage. As attitudes turn in favor of a mandate, It’s important to reiterate not only the need for reform, but the need for a single payer system. The voice of the single payer proponent sounds something like this:
The Problem
The crisis of the […]

A cliche rant for a dude to have

* When I wrote the following I was pretty darn frustrated at all the circumstances surrounding Obama’s close second in NH. I’m still uncertain about some of the assumptions embedded below, but It felt good to get it out. So here it is …
A lady ‘found her voice’ and got emotional.
But she wasn’t just any […]