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Right Wing Tears Sustain Me
Let’s get this out of the way first. Just because Jan Brewer vetoed the gay-hate bill in Arizona yesterday doesn’t make her a hero. She’s still an odious politician who shepherded the “papers please”...
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When history is inconvenient, rewrite it
The above is an actual quote by Heritage Foundation president and Teabagger extraordinaire Jim DeMint, formerly of the Senate until he found a way to make more money off the rubes principled...
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Whistling towards the graveyard
From CNET: A bulletproof blanket seeks to shield kids during school shootings Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder. - Arnold Toynbee Let’s review a few news items from the past few...
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On lunatics and asylums
Well. Well. Well. It wasn’t so long ago that the Very Serious People were saying that Donald John Trump was a flash in the pan. He wasn’t serious. He’d fade away in a week. Huffington Post even...
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On right-wing “heroes”
The Right’s favorite Democrat, Kim Davis, was released from her contempt of court sentence on the understanding that she won’t interfere with her clerks doing their jobs. This may be a short-lived...
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On the efficacy of fear
I was going to write this essay earlier this month, probably after a GOP debate. But, life intervened, and I set it aside. I certainly wasn’t expecting the Paris attacks. But I should have expected the...
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On being pro-life
I’m going to claim a mantle I never thought I would: I’m pro-life. Of course, that means something far different from the mainstream definition. You won’t see me picketing Planned Parenthood clinics...
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Stop making us be racists!
I found this picture on the Twitter box yesterday. I shook my head and pursed my lips and moved on. Saved it for future use, however. I had no idea that the future is today. Over on the National Review...
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