Halfway There

The flag game The most vigorous defenders of the flag always bring up “heritage” and “Southern pride.” They cite the bravery of fallen ...

And nonplussed The end of each semester is a time for reflection and renewal. The school term is over, the new term has yet to begin, an...

My modest proposal When it comes to irrational right-wing extremism, Joseph Farah lives in a surreal bubble of his own special brand of...

Capitalism in Bizarro world Last month I briefly indulged my nasty habit of scanning the AM radio dial. As usual, the cesspit that is KS...

The art of data denial The United States economy has climbed out of the hole created by the Great Recession and the Obama Administration ...

Faith in anti-science Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church for less than two years, but that's b...

The importance of packaging He seemed smart enough, but he was an extremely unreliable student. He confided to me that he was under trea...

Teabaggers are experts A special interest group called the California Drivers Alliance is sounding the alarm. We in the Golden State are...

Drought denialism? The Porterville Recorder is a local newspaper down in my home turf of Tulare County. You may have heard of Portervil...

The Eighth Suggestion In the Roman Catholic numbering of the Decalogue, No. 8 is the commandant that forbids lying: Thou shalt not bear ...

The truth is way out there Oh, look what I found in the archives! While rifling through a stack of old print-outs (yes, some of them ev...

A peculiar perspective on politics We've all seen those cars that have been plastered with indicators of the drivers' passions a...

Pretending to draw lessons It's the 40th anniversary of the resignation of our much-unloved 37th president, the only one of the nati...

The “Get a life” edition On July 24, 2014, Daily Kos observed the forty-fifth anniversary of the conclusion of the Apollo 11 moon miss...

By ninety degrees My old office had a Steelcase desk in one corner and two single-person study tables tucked alongside. When the math de...

Been there before The photo-finish in the race for the Democratic nomination for state controller in California has prompted observers t...

An actuarial look Those disappointed in recent Supreme Court decisions will, I hope, refrain from simply accepting defeat. Issues like c...

Make up your own numbers! My in-box is an unending source of delights. I really should unsubscribe from right-wing mailing lists, but ho...