Friday Talking Points [199] -- My "War On Women" Rant
[ Posted Friday, February 24th, 2012 – 17:51 UTC ]
"When the going gets weird," Hunter S. Thompson famously said, "the weird turn pro."
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George Washington's Biggest Critic
[ Posted Monday, February 20th, 2012 – 15:03 UTC ]
While this may -- as a direct result of a very successful mythmaking campaign -- be almost universally true today, it was not when the flesh-and-blood man (not the myth) held office as the new nation's first "Chief Magistrate" (as it was referred to back then). Yes, even Washington had his media critics.
Friday Talking Points [196] -- Poor Mitt?
[ Posted Friday, February 3rd, 2012 – 17:10 UTC ]
Mitt Romney, frontrunner for the Republican nomination, announced he wasn't too worried about poor people. Maybe it would be fun to see Romney debate Joe Biden, just because nobody would know what to expect from either of them. Heh.
My 2011 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 1]
[ Posted Friday, December 16th, 2011 – 18:36 UTC ]
As always, if you disagree with any (or all) of my picks, feel free to make your own in the comments. The categories are completely open to interpretation, and don't forget that there will be a "Part 2" column next week, so I can likely squeeze things I forgot in there.
Happy Bill Of Rights Day
[ Posted Thursday, December 15th, 2011 – 18:03 UTC ]
Instead, I'd like to gently point out that the same Founding Fathers that achieved this monumental milestone in government (some of them, at least) were the same ones who tried to eviscerate these same basic protections -- within seven years of the Bill of Rights' ratification.
Two Suggestions For Occupy Wall Street
[ Posted Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 – 17:39 UTC ]
The big question for the Occupy protests has now become: What next? With the multiple evictions across the country, the Occupiers have been given an ultimatum of sorts by the powers-that-be: protest and rally all you want, but you can't "occupy" these places any longer by erecting tents and making them your residences.
From The Archives: Occupy Crossroads
[ Posted Tuesday, November 15th, 2011 – 18:26 UTC ]
The "Occupy Wall Street" movement seems to be at a crossroads. The path it chooses to take next may be the deciding moment for whether it declines into irrelevance or grows beyond its current boundaries into something larger.
Guest Column: Occupy Wall Street is Not the Tea Party of the Left
[ Posted Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 – 14:35 UTC ]
Every so often, I am so impressed by a comment to one of my columns that I offer to just turn my column over to the author, and let them have my soapbox. This doesn't happen often, usually around once per year.
I've written a few columns so far about the Occupy Wall Street protest, [...]
Friday Talking Points [188] -- Why Not Occupy The Media?
[ Posted Friday, November 4th, 2011 – 16:50 UTC ]
Like many Americans, I watched the events unfold in Oakland this week with some trepidation. Occupy Oakland tried two new tactics in protesting, and both were very successful at achieving a key goal -- that of getting your message across. Both the general strike and the temporary port shutdown were successful, in this regard. Later in the night, however, a group of jerks came close to ruining all this, by their criminal behavior.
Occupy Crossroads
[ Posted Thursday, October 27th, 2011 – 15:18 UTC ]
The "Occupy Wall Street" movement seems to be at a crossroads. The path it chooses to take next may be the deciding moment for whether it declines into irrelevance or grows beyond its current boundaries into something larger.