So on a friend’s facebook wall, my friend made an observation about how it always seems to be the “states’ rights/small government” folks who support things like outlawing tattoos or gay marriage or abortion, and how intrinsically hypocritical that is. Up pops a self-described “moderate conservative” complaining – apropos of nothing that was actually said…

So on a friend’s facebook wall, my friend made an observation about how it always seems to be the “states’ rights/small government” folks who support things like outlawing tattoos or gay marriage or abortion, and how intrinsically hypocritical that is. Up pops a self-described “moderate conservative” complaining – apropos of nothing that was actually said…

This was originally a media analysis paper I wrote for a class entitled “American Politics And The Media.”  This class was probably the biggest disappointment of my collegiate career; I waited three years to get into it only to find that the professor, while competent in some ways, also had a disturbing habit of repeating…

So there’s a lot of crappy argumentation on the internet, that’s no secret.  More ways have been invented to insult your mother in the last ten years than ever previously existed, thanks to the internet. On the internet, you find a lot of arguments and bickering, and that too is a tired observation.  What’s not…

So there’s a lot of crappy argumentation on the internet, that’s no secret.  More ways have been invented to insult your mother in the last ten years than ever previously existed, thanks to the internet. On the internet, you find a lot of arguments and bickering, and that too is a tired observation.  What’s not…

Mister Tangerine Man Date: 2013-10-09 Source: lowgenius.net Original Text Original Text A love sonnet dedicated to John Boehner, with apologies to Bob Dylan and many thanks for inspiration to my wonderful friend Erin Nanasi. If someone who can pull it off wants to record it, contact me through this site to work out IP issues.…

Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid to see where this is going. Don’t be afraid to follow the trail to the end.  It’ll be worth it. As long as I have memories, I’ve had a “problem” with wearing my heart on my sleeve.  I think that’s a universal metaphor, but in case anyone’s not familiar…

Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid to see where this is going. Don’t be afraid to follow the trail to the end.  It’ll be worth it. As long as I have memories, I’ve had a “problem” with wearing my heart on my sleeve.  I think that’s a universal metaphor, but in case anyone’s not familiar…

Note: it seems that a few other folks have written about this as well, while I was writing this. Having just noticed that as I’m preparing to publish this article, I thought it worth saying that there’s no collusion, conspiracy, or plagiarism involved – just great minds thinking alike. I don’t know if you have…