With the selection of union-busting oenophile Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney’s vice-presidential candidate, the mystery of which wealthy Caucasian ideologue will stand next to him clapping for the next four months is over, and we can relax and enjoy the two make fools of themselves until whatever ridiculous decision the …
Comic books, it is safe to say, made me who I am today. Though I was an unusually literate child, reading above my grade level practically from the time I learned to read, I never enjoyed anything as much as I did superhero comics. I devoured them from my early …
Born: 1969. The book: 1921. The movie: 1946. The music: 1984. The moment: 1871. The look: 1988. The food: 1929. The drink: 1825. The car: 1974. The drive: 1934. The show: 2002. The obsession: 1939. The game: 2000. The country: 1776. The dream: 1968. The art: 1884. The leader: 1932. …
It’s no secret that the way to handle a feudalistic society of the sort America’s ruling class wants to return us to is to keep the public voting against their own economic interests. And you do that by designing a social and educational system that keeps them pig-ignorant. But the …
What is patriotism now, and how do we get rid of it? And what do we put in its place, if anything? The word is politically incorrect, of course. Patria – pater – father. So where is Mom? Didn’t she help Dad turn the American wilderness into a cement desert, bright …
