Ah, once again…bingo! (THE IDES OF LIBYA – Issue: 3/30/11) You hit the nail on the head with this one, sir. It is hard to believe that someone could be so friggin’ consistent as to one’s views, no matter who inhabits the White House. Exactly where are the Left Wing…

Osama Bin Laden, the seminal figure of the new century whose incredibly complex and improbably successful mission to destroy the World Trade Center (a symbol of American financial might) and hit the Pentagon (the symbol of America’s military might) while murdering as many civilians as possible on 9/11/01, who…

Or How Hunter Thompson and The Stones Drove a Spike into Hippie Hearts

“Did you ever wake up to find

A day that broke up your mind

Destroyed your notion of circular time

It’s just that demon life has got you in its sway.”

- The Rolling Stones –…

READER RESPONSES

This is mostly bollocks. (ANGLO-AMERICA ON PARADE – Issue: 3/2/11) Of course the British society depicted has a rigid and repressed hierarchy—the movie is set 70-90 years ago within the Royal Family.

British society has changed enormously since then (as has American society), and, having lived in America…

Staged Drama In The Final Minutes To Avoid Government Shutdown (For Now)

It is still an open question, however, as to what extent exposure really injures a performer.
- Harry Houdini

The Show was in full force by late Friday night when word came down a mere 22 minutes before…

How Congress Stretches Credibility And Avoids 2011 Government Shutdown

By the time this goes to press, we’re looking at eight days until a “continuing resolution” deadline for the legislative branch to send a bill to the White House or run the risk of a third federal government shutdown of the…

How To Take An Arab Sucker Punch

Think not I am what I appear.

- Lord Byron

This thing in Libya, the “humanitarian effort”—or whatever the strategic bombing of a sovereign nation embroiled in civil war is now called—is wrong. It is wrong for this country. It is wrong for…

This is an excellent piece. (THE TEA PARTY MAN – Issue: 2/16/11) It does an excellent job explaining Rand Paul, the dilemma of the Republicra­ts, and how it will affect government in the future. I’m just pleased that we have one principled person in D.C., even if he is libertaria­n.…

Pack Your Sanity In Your Old Kit Bag And Puke, Puke, Puke

If you had a dime for every time a government official has used national security to railroad some segment of society, you’d never have to work again. The pitiable history of humanity is ripe with this kind of…

You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.

—Rahm Emanuel, November 2008

Jobs.

It is the word of the year. It was the word last year. Everything from the…