Month: April 2013

Eddies and Whirlwinds

I’ve been thinking a lot over the last three years about some of the less commonly debated effects of the South moving from a Democratic stronghold to a Republican one. Mostly, I’ve been trying to understand how...

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His Mind was Formless and Empty

I’d like to point out to Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) that if you believe in the Bible, then you believe that Noah lived to be 950 years old. Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) said you can have “an honest difference of opinion”...

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Wanker of the Day: Jim Inhofe

Whether he’s being needlessly insensitive and cruel or just making a fool of himself, Senator James Inhofe of Oklahoma is off to a banner start to his week. Telling the grieving families of Newtown, Connecticut that the...

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Beat Up the Black Lady

The entertainment wing of the Professional Right has been beating up MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry over one of her “Lean Forward” promos. The promo invited controversy, I guess, because Perry talked about a need...

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