Since first taking office, members of the Bush administration have acted as if America’s long dominance in the world made them untouchable. They have repeatedly gone their own way, using diplomacy when it suited their purposes and ignoring the world when it didn’t. This collective arrogance is personified in the cocky smirk and swagger of […]
Spending time wondering why Bush hasn’t yet been impeached makes my head hurt. It’s a travesty, really. Congress has failed gloriously in its duty. I don’t care what the rationale is, the resfusal to bring about impeachment hearings on a president who has so blatantly broken the law and violated the rights guaranteed by the […]
For the past few weeks there have been regular, almost daily, protests in downtown Seoul over the government’s decision to resume imports of U.S. beef. Protesters have been concerned about the potential for mad cow disease. Strikingly, large numbers of protesters have been middle and high school students. I’ve heard different opinions of the reasons […]
A US Army staff sergeant serving in Iraq used a Quran for target practice. My first reaction is, “So what? It’s a friggin’ book.” But, of course, because of the stupidity and senselessness of religion, this harmless little act has huge consequences. Perhaps the biggest, from the government’s point of view, is that it jeopardizes […]
It’s been nearly a year since I’ve handed out a Moron of the Week award. Part of the reason is that I don’t keep up with as broad a variety of news as I used to. But I just read about a moron in Alabama who is so deserving of this title that I had […]