This is an “issue” that’s been pushed by right-wing politicians for a while now, and frankly it makes me sick how many people have bought in to it. There’s not only no humane excuse for this nonsense, it’s been repeatedly proven to be an enormous waste of public money – far more than is allegedly…

Hi, folks, John Henry, LowGenius.Net, thanks for watching. If you’ve been keeping up with my blog or Facebook post or videos lately, you know I’ve been hitting on this theme of hypocrisy in the liberal sphere. I’ve argued repeatedly that when we compromise our principles or allow ourselves to be driven by profit rather than…

To abuse the ability to speak anonymously is to attack the entire concept of free expression. This revolving door of bullying trolls that for some reason has decided to reignite and escalate their attacks on my Facebook page over the last few days (a refrain from the earlier chorus of abuse and harassment resulting from…

Material wealth, or lack of it, does not make you good or bad.  There are very wealthy people who are good, there are very poor people who are not. I’ve taken a lot of heat over a graphic that went viral which discussed the fundamental uselessness of drug testing for welfare recipients.  The same old…

So a few months ago I did a piece about the “drone strikes” narrative.  In that article I stuck to simple reason, without actually looking at statistics and facts, because frankly I thought that would be enough to scuttle this ridiculous pile of right-wing manipulation, at least among those who read this blog. Apparently, it…

The Fatal Flaw Of Modern Ideology Date: 2013-01-17 Source: lowgenius.net Original Text Original Text As I get into my current semester which includes mostly polisci classes and a boatload of reading or re-reading many popular treatises on various ideologies, it occurs to me that there is a fundamental flaw in the way we – meaning…

The Back Story Modified “We The People” graphic as originally published here, with Lynne McGall’s photo mostly redacted. (Caution:  This article contains a very disturbing image and discussion of topics and events that may trigger deeply emotional reactions.  Please note that the comments section on this article is set to full moderation, and no negative…

The Back Story Modified “We The People” graphic as originally published here, with Lynne McGall’s photo mostly redacted. (Caution:  This article contains a very disturbing image and discussion of topics and events that may trigger deeply emotional reactions.  Please note that the comments section on this article is set to full moderation, and no negative…

So yesterday I posted a status message about “drone strikes,” relevant to the ongoing “warmonger” hype being leveled as President Obama.  With the election tomorrow, I thought it would be a good chance to address some of my own pet issues while also making my case for my choice of president for the 2012 election,…

So yesterday I posted a status message about “drone strikes,” relevant to the ongoing “warmonger” hype being leveled as President Obama.  With the election tomorrow, I thought it would be a good chance to address some of my own pet issues while also making my case for my choice of president for the 2012 election,…