The First Pangs of Civil War?

Interesting press release.
I am starting to genuinely believe this country might be on the road to a second civil war. Take a second and reflect on what is happening here. The senate and house majority leaders are the leaders of the Republican party. Within one month, both of them are or have [...]

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I am not Elite

A phrase you hear everywhere these days is "liberal elite". Conservatives have successfully used the upper middle class’s visible disdain for the great unwashed to convince red america that liberals are, as the Club for Growth put it, a "latte-drinking, sushi-eating, Volvo-driving… Hollywood-loving, left-wing freak show". Lemme clear this up:

Blue america is largely [...]

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Buying the Indispensable Opposition

It seems my switching to Flickr for my photo hosting was timely; this weekend we bought them. I’m very pumped about this, their service is fantastic. If you haven’t played with it, check it out at flickr.com or just click on one of the photos in the left column there.
In other news, I’ve basically [...]

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This Just In…

Ari Fleischer is a douchebag. More on this story as it develops…

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These People Will Stop at Nothing…

This article on women given pamphlets incorrectly linking abortion to breast cancer is simply astounding. This is my favorite part:
Joel Brind, a biochemist at Baruch College in New York who advises the Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer, noted that a woman’s chances of getting breast cancer go down if she gives birth at a relatively [...]

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