One thing Barack Obama needs to learn is that, despite his much-vaunted coolness, he’s not a funny man. I noticed this and wrote about it quite some time ago, and now he’s proven it once again at his first post-election … Continue reading →
…especially uppity women from a certain class. If the results of this election indicate this country has gone a long way towards eradicating anti-black racism—as I believe to be the case—they have proven the opposite to be true about sexism.
Continue reading →Last night, inspired by my own rhetoric, I went to the Store 24, purchased a package of Neccos, and promptly downed it. Just thought you might like to know.
Continue reading →No surprise here. Jeff Goldstein points out those in the media who are patting themselves on the back for lying in the service of the Cause.
Continue reading →Obama ran as the post-racial candidate. But he was not above using false accusations of racism to beat his opponents, and he emphasized the racially historic nature of an Obama win. The first method is to be condemned. And although … Continue reading →
I will write about politics soon, never fear. But in an effort to get away from the topic—even if ever-so-slightly—let’s talk about candy. Classic candy. New England candy. Neccos. Developed in 1847 with the advent of that great leap forward, … Continue reading →
…has a lot to say, including something I meant to mention about George Bush: Obama is in luck. George Bush ended that war in Iraq, and all Obama and the Dem Cong have to do is not screw up the … Continue reading →
A few minutes into the second Presidential debate, I realized McCain was almost certain to lose this election. I had been thinking that a McCain defeat was the likely outcome ever since the financial crisis began. But that debate was … Continue reading →
For discussion of the voting returns. Talk amongst yourselves! I may come on to do a little liveblogging a bit later. Then again, I may not. Only the shadow knows for sure. 8:51: I’m baaack! Only a tiny bit high, … Continue reading →
When I was a child my grade school would close on Election Day because it was used as a polling place. A day or two earlier, the booths would arrive and were set up in the gym, so we got … Continue reading →
Those “simplistic” Republicans. Whatever could they be thinking? Oh, and while we’re at at—why not?
Continue reading →Another blast from the Obama past has been dropped, a bombshell interview from last January with the San Francisco Chronicle in which Obama said that the environmental policies he proposes would cause builders of new coal plants to go bankrupt. … Continue reading →